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Show Ihfi-CajSieQLHilJs4xarn M GOVERNOR SPRY could not refuse a request from the nation's chief magistrate for a jH brief reprieve for Hillstrom. H Pei haps it was natural for the president to H make the request, for it was as though all the H people of Sweden had made it. H But the minister should come" here and the H president should send his attorney-general with H him if possible, that the real facts may bo known H to the people of both Sweden and the eastern H states. Could that be done both would be able H to report that the men who started the agitation ,H to have the sentence commuted, care no more H for Hillstrom than for a cur dog; that their H thought was to make a direct miscarriage of jus- H tice; that their own plans to make it impossible .H to execute the laws against members of an an- H archistic organization might bo furthered. The H secret truth is that Hillstrom is a member of a H gang that has committed many murders, and jM m Hi: 'their pleas for him" have been but to make their Hi! jown headu more secure on their own shoulders. J j To every scoundrel who has been writing f f threatening letters to the officers who have Hill- H, ' strom In custody; to every scoundrel who would M ' ' ' gladly make the execution of the laws impossible, H this reprieve will bring comfort, and that there is M ' such an organization in this free country should B , deepen the determination of all decent; people to M see that its operations be limited byfery legitl- H, ' mate means. |
