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Petition.

Hon. Wm. Spry,
Governor of Utah,
Salt Lake City.

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

1. We do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty
of the crime of which he was convicted.
2. We do not believe that he had a fair trial.
3. we have learned that the jurors were not
selected in the usual way.
4. The defendant was practically without counsel
when he was on trial for his life.
5. No motive was shown for the crime of which
he was convicted.
6. The conviction was found upon the flimsiest
kind of circumstantial evidence. 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
H. C. Ellsworth Grand Marais
L. D. Ellsworth Grand Marais
Isaac Hagen Grand Marais
Albert Jackson Grand Marais
J B Robertson Grand Marais
[O?thes] A. Anderson Grand Marais
J W Schoen Grand Marais
James S. Hoods Grand Marais