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Dec. 16, 1915.

Mr. Edgar W. Farmer. Anderson, Indiana.

Dear Sir: I am deeply appreciative of your communication of Nov. 25th, containing an expression of your approval of my action in the Hillstrom case. After the bombardment of threatening letters which were calculated to intimidate the officers in the discharge of their duty, it is a real pleasure to receive letters from good citizens like yourself who stand for the enforcement of law and order.

Again thanking you and with kind personal regards, I am

Cordially yours,

Governor.

The Fitchburg Steam Engine Company F. Fosdick, President C. Fosdick, Supt. & Treas. W.J. Clifford, Secretary [Member of the National Metal Trades Association] Fitchburg, Mass.

Nov. 29th. 1915. Governor William Spry, Salt Lake City, Utah, Your Excellency,- I am moved to write to you to tell you how much I appreciate, as an American citizen, your action in regard to the sentence of Joseph Hilstrom.

If more of our public men who hold office would have the stand and courage that you have shown to carry out what is [right], this country would be a different country from what it is.

I presume you are overwhelmed with letters with regard to this, but I feel relieved to express myself, and I wish to sign myself

Most respectfully and appreciatingly yours, Charles Fosdick Dict.

Hillstrom

January 20th, 1916.

Mr. Charles Fosdick,

Mitchburg Steam Engine Co., Mitchbury, Miss.

Dear Sir: -

Kindly accept this tardy acknowledgment of your cordial letter of November 29th. conveying an expres- sion of your approval of my action in the notorious Hillstrom case.

It is a source of great satisfaction to me to know that the people of this country who are loyal to the American institutions, uphold me in my stand on this case. In handling the matter as I did, I attempted to do what I regarded as a plain and simple duty.

With the compliments of the season, I am

Cordially yours,

Governor.