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PETITION

Hon Wm. Spry,
Governor of Utah.

This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons in behalf of
Joseph. Hillstrom, A member of the Industerial Workers of the World
under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary. We have read and
heard something of the case.

1st. We do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty of the crime
for which he has been convicted.
2nd. We do not believe that he had A fair trial.
3rd. We have learned that the jurors were not selected in the u
usual way.
4th. The defendant was practically without council when he was
on trial for his life.
5th. No motive was shown for the [crine] of which he was convicted
6th. The conviction was found upon the flimsiest kind of
circumstantial [evedence].
Believing these to be the facts, we the undersigned, demand that the
death sentence in the case of Joseph Hillstrom be set aside and
clemency extended.

Name Address
John Hagglund 135 [?] St.
Walter Calvin 254-6 St. San Francisco
G.B. Stoddard 1380 Geary St.
J. Pearlman 731 Myrtle St. Daly City
J.G. Kerney 1389 O'Farrell St. San Fran.
B.S. Hickey 720 Sterner St.
J. Jaborsky 1320 Elis St.
W.F. Hastings Eastern House Howard St.
E. Deasing [Locklose?] [Uncous?] 44-46
F. Graf 44 Shotwell Street
M. Joseph 706 Larch St.

PETITION

Hon Wm. Spry,
Governor of Utah.

This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons in behalf of
Joseph. Hillstrom, A member of the Industerial Workers of the World
under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary. We have read and
heard something of the case.

1st. We do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty of the crime
for which he has been convicted.
2nd. We do not believe that he had A fair trial.
3rd. We have learned that the jurors were not selected in the u
usual way.
4th. The defendant was practically without council when he was
on trial for his life.
5th. No motive was shown for the [crine] of which he was convicted
6th. The conviction was found upon the flimsiest kind of
circumstantial [evedence].
Believing these to be the facts, we the undersigned, demand that the
death sentence in the case of Joseph Hillstrom be set aside and
clemency extended.

Name Address
John Hagglund 135 [?] St.
Walter Calvin 254-6 St. San Francisco
G.B. Stoddard 1380 Geary St.
J. Pearlman 731 Myrtle St. Daly City
J.G. Kerney 1389 O'Farrell St. San Fran.
B.S. Hickey 720 Sterner St.
J. Jaborsky 1320 Elis St.
W.F. Hastings Eastern House Howard St.
E. Deasing [Locklose?] [Uncous?] 44-46
F. Graf 44 Shotwell Street
M. Joseph 706 Larch St.