The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1915-09-24
BOARD OF pARDONs
DIDN'T |NTERFER
SENTENCE IMPOSED BY COURT
MUST STAND.
IIlllstrom VIII Face Execution On De-
tobcr ist For killing Man AZ salt
Lake City-OnIy Recourse For Con.
demncd Man T. to Appeal to Gov.
ernor--O,her Cases Disposed OF.

Joseph IIilistrom. convicted August
% Of murder In the first degree for
staying J. q. Morrison and his son J.
Arling Morrison. January ~. 1919.
and sentenced 10 be shot October LIST
Of this year. was denied his petition
Tor clemency by the board Of pardons
Saturday Hillstrom must. therefore.
face execution October LIST unless
oiemency IL granted by the governor.
lie chose To- be shot 10 death when
the court gave him his choice of
shooting or hanging.
Judge -. y. Hilton 81 Denver who
made n plea before the board of par
dons for the life Of IIillstrom. states
that probably no further legal effort
viii be made To- save Hillstrom from
execution Judge Hilton says that ~
no federal question II involved In the
case he would not advise an appeal t.
the supreme court Of the United
States although he believes the con-
demned mans friends would raise
money to invoke the highest tribun.
ais " there were any prospect for
freeing IIillstrom.
The Utah supreme court denied
liillstrom new trial on his appeal
from the decree OF the district court
Hillstrom was convicted on circum-
stantial evidence. lie has claimed
that woman was the cause OF the
gun wound In his breast which led Ia
his arrest and was the principal link
In the chain of circumstantiai evil
dence that convicted him. hut would
not divulgc her name. No woman
ever came forward Co substantiatc
iiillstrom's assertion.
The case has been given almost
country wide publicity because of 81
forts OF the l. W. w. of which the
condemned man II member 60 save
liillstrom from being shot. letters
having been written o. every official
81 Utah who might In any way have
Influence In obtaining ciemency FOR
him. Many of the letters to Governor
Spry and other officials. including all
members 81 the board Of pardons.
were threatening In their nature.
while others were plain pleas for
mercy
The board Of pardons received Sat.
urday a communication from the io-
cal socialists asking cicmcncy for mn
rtrom
other eases we're disposed of by the
hoard ~ pardous as follows
Petitions For Pardon.
I. Marques. robbery. Carbon coun-
~. sentenced october %. 1913. To In
detcrminntc term. denied.
Nick Paisley. robbery. Carbon coun-
-. rentcnccd October 20. 1913. o. In.
Discriminate term. denied.
Frank Hernandez. assault 60 COM
init robbery Carbon COUNTY. sentenced
June 10. 1914. Co indctcrmlnatc term.
denied.
william Swasey grand larceny.
Emery county sentenced February
n. 1914. a. indctcrminatc term. de-
MED.
Petitions For Communication.
George Herbert. burglary second
degree, Weber county. sentenced April
I. 1913. % five years. denied.
John Sullivan. burglary second de-
gree, Carbon county, sentenced March
8, 1914. to indcterminatc term. de-
MED.
Albert Ringling forgery Emery
county. sentenced December 10. 1918.
90 indeterminate term. denied.
Thomas Harness. burglary second
degree. Carbon county sentenced Feb
ruary ~, 1914, Co indeterminatc term.
denied