Show HILLSTROM TO DIE REfUSING EVEN TO GO BEfORE BOARD I Doomed M Man n Declares Case Is Is' Is None Non of r d ns Officials' Officials Business and Laughs at tF 1 ate te Vote Is Unanimous That Courts Court's Original Decree Be Exe Executed u ted toi NOTH i NG MEW OFFERED RED BY COUNSEL Fellow v Convict Reveals Long ong Criminal Record of Prisoner h New Death Date t taB toBe Be I Fixed Week 1 f I. I JOSEPH HI HILLSTROM co convicted of the do double killing of f John Johi JOSEPH I G. G al and and r i or gY ison an and who ho was as r reprieved until reprieved until October t. t J I I 16 6 upon pon the request of Wo President Woodrow drow Wilson and the Swedish minister minister- must die by shop shooting g upon a date to b be set early arly this week v e by y Judge dge M M. L L. L R of the Third district court i I 1 r rAfter After mature d OIL and and t a a a. dissenting vote this de decision as rea last early by bythe the tile board of p parr parr- r I- I dons r v I I 1 The Tile b ai f at at- 3 o o'clock in the the afternoon afternoon pr prepared pre pre pared to 1 ft any new that might be be brought be before be fore it in- in support in of requests requests' t th have poured Jn in for several for sev eva ra weeks that that sentence sentence imposed on on Hillstrom m be c cm luied to life imprisonment ht Soren X Christensen attorney for the Condemned d man informed the board that he lie had nothing new to offer Hillstrom Hillstrom Hillstrom Hill- Hill strom he said had Informed him early in the the morning when he had visited him in his cell that he lie had no statement to make t ral t l Pt P i g J r n H t ISh-t ItS m n ei bers-ei f p f ht I iy Jig rj r II d had a t said d to to Ij he t t O e t t di had Irid Im arf te I no m tt v. v u he e the was w-ts apparently apparently ap ap- v verified by prison v i Christensen was then questioned estion d d' d by oy th rd as 19 to the source of the information the information in the hands of the v dish i minister inister who in a telegram sent by fay him and received e rl this morning by Gov William Spry stated he had read a stenographic re record ord of the cas cast cas which convinced him that the circumstantial evidence was insufficient to warrant the death penalty Hillstrom's attorney attorney at at- torney answered that he he was totally unaware how the record had been transmitted to him He advised the board that he had sent information information on the case to the International Association for the Abolition of Capital Punishment Punishments N New w York City This information information-he he said had been sent upon request from the officers officers officers of of- of the tile association SHOWS GREAT HEAP OF LETTERS Justice stated before the board that only two t transcripts of the record of the case had been made by the state and it was vas evident from his remarks that he believed only extracts extracts extracts ex ex- ex- ex tracts of the the record record or copies of lawyers arid and the state briefs had been sent to Sweden's Sweden 5 minister to this country Governor Spry Justices J Frick a gui ld d McCarty and Attorney General Barnes took turns in quizzing Attorney Christensen on this point They were of the opinion th that t the mini minister ter had he read the real transcript of the entire case would not have lave made the requests for commutation commutation com corn mutation that he lie has made to Governor Spry and the board of pardons It eventually dev developed loped that Sweden's minister had received a copy copy- copy of of briefs of the of-the the case that had been ordered pr prepared prepared pre pre- pared by bythe the supreme court a and which were typewritten and not the full transcript Many convincing details of what is considered considered considered consid consid- ered by the supreme court ourt and the pardon board as c convincing evidence are not incorporated d in this brief IDo Dol you see that bundle said the governor pointing to toa a large pac package age on the top of the desk in the ward wardens warden's ns n's private office It looks like a bundle of washing It isn't however That wrapping paper covers the pile of f letters that have been received by myself members of the supreme court and this pardon pardon board board on the Hillstrom case Some are arc of of threatening nature and others are not Whenever it has been possible we have hav investigated w what at atthe the writers have had to say and wherever we we have tried to locate the signers and ascertain their standing in their corn com One letter Jetter from Idaho is signed in the Case CaseI I and one from Salt Lake The Wo Woman nan in the Ca 1 It is evident Continued on page 2 2 0 HILlSTROM TO DIE E BOARDS BOARD'S DECREE EE Continued from page 1 1 not to an expert in h handwriting butto butto but butto to the average layman that both were written by the same person From Woman in the Case I The person signing the letter The Woman in the Case states that she is the one over whom the shooting took place and that she is leaving Salt Lake on the d day y the letter was posted If It people writing such lett letters letters let let- t rs w would uld appear before the board their testimony would be considered privately and due weight given it ac acc according ac- ac c cording t to Its real value In no instance has this board been able to bring this about A man t by y the name of Brown writIng writing writ writ- ing from Nor h Dakota sai said l he was the one guilty of Killing the Morri Morn sons Investigation proved this his epistle epis epis- tIe tle to be a a canard Railroad officials In Chicag Chicago and Nebraska Nebrask s said ld the governor have operated co a in an effort to run nun down clues to letters that have been written written written writ writ- ten but all to no end The writers could not be located or they were either cither irresponsible or influenced by sentiment Replying to a a- question from Justice Justice Jus Jus- tice as to what surety h he had hadI that Hillstrom was a native of Sweden Sweden Sweden Swe Swe- I den Attorney Christensen replied that the prisoner had told him the name of ot the place he was born which he said w was s four hours' hours ride from Stockholm had informed him that he J Had ad lived there until he was twenty when hen he he emigrated emigrated emi emi- grated to the United States where he has since lived for tor thirteen years He had never applied for tor citizenship forthe forthe for forthe the that he had been of reason a roving roy roy- ing disposition and had never stayed long enough in one place to establish establish establish lish citizenship I Is Certain He Is a Swede I A native of ot the Scandinavian penInsula peninsula peninsula pen pen- myself I know a Swede when I Isee Isee Isee see one one- and I am sure that Hillstrom is a Swede said Christensen He was sure he said that the minister at Washington had bad satisfied himself on this point before taking definite action in behalf of the condemned man Justice stated to the other members that he could see nothing I to make any change in the situation unless it be the telegram that had II been received Saturday from Sweden's Sweden's Sweden's Swe Swe- dens den's representative at Washington Christensen admitted there was noth noth- ing It was with difficulty that he had secured Hillstrom's signature to toa toa toa a request for a reprieve or commutation commutation tation lauon or of sentence His Mis client client he ho I tation lauon or of sentence His Mis client client he ho said did not wish pardon or commutation commutation tation and it was only by telling him that it would be a means to an end that it was secured A still tongue a wise head the tho governor Long Lone Criminal Record Shown Investigation conducted by the boyd of ot pardons according to Jus Jus- tice tics Frick showed that Hillstrom had a criminal record before coming to Utah and that this record had been corroborated by responsible people people peo peo- pie and officers He added however that such record would not be considered considered considered con con- by the board members in reaching their decision District Attorney Leatherwood told the board that a woman answering to the name of ot Gurley Gunley Flynn and Interested Interested interested Inter Inter- ested in labor ns and while on her wo way to New York City from San Francisco had stopped at his office olce and taken a copy opy of the report on the case with her He said that after reading the report she In Informed Informed informed In- In I formed him that the facts as shown by the tho record were different from Information Information in information In- In formation she ehe had received A woman woman wom worn an answering to tho name of ot Pollok and who it is said was ivas driven from Paterson N. N J J. on account of ot her activities in labor troubles there had also aleo visited him on the Hillstrom case She also visited Attorney Chris Chris- The board adjourned for tor dinner at 6 o'clock and at 8 o'clock Attorney General Barnes In behalf of its members members members mem mem- bers gave out the resolutions that appear elsewhere in these columns and which have been telegraphed to Sweden's minister In Washington To Be This Week On some day this week which the board considers best not to announce j to the public Hillstrom will again be betaken betaken betaken taken to c co court and the date again set I Ifor for his death It Is not necessary that any given number of ot days elapse between the date he again appears Incourt in incourt incourt court and the day of or execution of the sentence According to the statutes he can be sentenced in the morning and shot as soon thereafter as It can be arranged It is probable however that the Judge will allow the condemn condemned condemned con con- d man a certain number of ot days According to prison officials strom is the least concerned of ot all regarding re regarding regarding re- re garding his fate tate He is la an enigma to officers who have hate had to deal with all manner of criminals He refuses to discuss his case save from his own egotistical standpoint and from his attorneys attorney's own statements he will not listen t to a advice When placed in the death cell cen the first of the month he lIe w was s privileged to order what he wished for his meals Although in th the death tier for only six hours the hours the reprieve sending him back to the ordinary tier tier lie he was aa there long enough to enjoy two meals and in the words of the de death deathwatch deathwatch th watch then over him he certainly enjoyed them I Will Miss These Good Meals I h hive have ve one thing to regret said Hillstrom when informed by the watch that he be had been reprieved I will miss these good meals Both meals served him in the death cell were heavy ones and each was swallowed swallowed swallowed lowed with gusto even to the last mouthful I When informed that he could again appear before the pardon board in a a I II final to secure commutation or I pardon answered that he didn't want to see them again It was none of their business he said He insists that he is entitled to a anew anew anew new trial and cannot or will not understand understand un un- that the only thing that can possibly save him is commutation of sentence or pardon and that according accord accord- ing lug to legal procedure another trial is impossible I Deputy Sheriff David DavidS S. S Warren of Davis county who positively identified identified fied fled a picture of as Identical identical Iden iden- with the likeness of a man by the name of ot Corbett arrested arrested at Layton Layton Layton Lay- Lay ton in 1911 who was charged with the killing of ot William Lavender a deputy sheriff when an attempt was made to blow t the e safe of the Layton Hardware company came to the prison today and failed to make snake a personal Identification Today roday when apprised by Attorney Christensen th that thit t he lie was charged with complicity in dynamiting outrages outrages outrages out out- rages in m southern California participating participating participating in the invasion of Mexico when a leader in the I. I W W. W W. organIzation organization organ organ- Hillstrom answered Excepting Excepting Ex thirty days when I was in Jail in San Diego I have never been in Jail until I came he here e Says Saysie He tie ie Was Hillstrom stated that four tour years ears ago when secretary of a a. labor organIzation organ organ- in San Pedro and during the strike of stevedores at the docks he was arrested and sent to the city Jail for thirty daysI days I was in San Pedro d during the ac activity activity ac- ac of ot the and if I was connected with them in any any way why was I not arrested he asked his at at- at torney He denied ever having been in Layton and further said that he lie had no knowledge of where the place w was s Governor Spry Governor Spry admitted last night that information had been imparted the board fr from m one ne or more inmates inmates' of the state stat pr prison son that threw definite deft deft- nite light on career prior to his coming to this state and that the Information had been checked tip Up and arid in the main corroborated He refused to tate state state what convict had given out the information It would not ot do to give this ou out he said Immediately after the date has again been set for his execution Hillstrom Hillstrom Hillstrom Hill Hill- strom will once more more mox take his place in th the death cell where he lie will wUl re receive receive receive re- re the meals he so evidently relIshes relish relishes rel rel- rel- rel ish s Jin jn preference to the ordinary ordinary- prison fare Meanwhile preparations for hiR his Rh shooting otin th that t were stopped I by the governors governor's reprieve will once I more be set in motion |