The State of Utah vs. Joe Hill

PETITION

Hon Wm Spry. Governor of Utah

This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons in behalf of Joseph Hillstron A member of the Industrial 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 that Joseph Hill Strom is guilty of the cr crime for which he has been convicted. 2nd. We do not beleive that he had A fair trial. 3rd. We have learned that the jurors were not selected in the usual way. 4th. The defendent was practicaly without council when he was on trial for his life. 5th. No motive was shown for the crime of which he was convicted. 6th. The conviction was found upon the flimsiest kind of circumstant 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.

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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 that Joseph Hill Strom is 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 usual way. 4th. The defendant was practicaly without council when he was on trial for his life, 5th. No motive was shown for the crime of which he was convicted. 6th. The conviction was found upon the flimsiest kind of circumsta.. 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 ADRESS H. A. Stanton 890 Grove Frank Wilson Howard Hotel S.F. Harry Greenberg 1127 Golden Gate Ave. Frank J. Guscetti 2119 Addison St. Berkeley Ca Peter Herborn 342 Las Carlos Ave. San Francisco Cal. Vivian Pierce 1150 Vallejo - San Francisco Mrs. Isla ? Cl?? 3973 - 25th St. San Francisco J. R. Clarke 3973 - 25 St. " " A. C. White 4006 - 24 S.F. Miss Lillie Abrams 3933 - 25th St. J. Edward Morgan 800 Pacific Ave. ?

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