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Show JUDGE O. N. HILTON GOES TO WASHINGTON Smumoued by State Department in Connection With the Joseph Hill-strom Hill-strom Murder Case. Spcciiil to Tho. Tribune. DENVER. Colo., Oct. 3. Judge O.N. Hilton of this oitv, who is one of the attorneys in the case of Joseph Hiil-sjroni, Hiil-sjroni, condemned to death in Salt Lake City for murder, but who was given a reprieve of fifteen days through the intervention in-tervention of President Wilson, left for Washington this afternoon to confer with the state department on the case. Judge Hilton has been summoned to give the department all information in his possession. Judge Hilton says that while the state department cannot prevent carrying car-rying out the death sentence, it can act in an advisory capacity to the Utah Supreme court. He believes Hillstrom may get a new trial through tho intervention inter-vention at Washington. |