Show HILLSTROM PAYS PENALTY FOR CRIME CONVICTED MURDERER OF SAL SALT r LAKE GROCER AND HIS SON EXECUTED ar al PRISON final efforts to secure stay of execution prove futile and con man faces firing squad after night might spent in sleep salt lake city joseph hillstrom convicted of the murder ot of J 0 mor alson and its his son eon J arling january ry 10 1914 was executed at the state slate prison friday priday morning hillstrom was sentenced to bo be shot on september 4 1011 but a delay of 0 tho the late date of execution was secured and lie ho was re sentenced to be executed 0 on n oc october ober 1 1915 at the request t of president wilson in compliance with a r request quest of the swedish minister governor spry granted a respite a u until ia the board ot of pardons could consider the case the board of 0 pardons considered the appeal for clemency and denied it and on october 18 hillstrom Hll latrom was again sentenced to be shot on noum ber 19 another request for clemency came from president wilson two days daa before the execution asking tor for c clemency le mency declaring that ilia his obligations ns as chief executive ot of the corn com nion wealth of utah ibid and his oath as governor to enforce the laws 0 of the state precluded his interference with the he courts order for tho ilia execution of joseph hillstrom convicted murderer gov william spry after careful consideration of president wll wil sons r request quest declined to act on the appeal of f the nations chief for re consideration of the hillstrom Hlll ease case hillstrom went vent to the death chair without faltering he preserved tile the same calm demeanor that has been characteristic of him since he was first arrested during the greater part of his last night on oil earth hillstrom Hlll strom slept sound ly wh hen on lie he awakened he said he felt well with the exception of a sore throat his its voice was husky A message received by governor spry S pry at 5 30 friday 1 r iday morning caused the governor to get into touch with members bers of tho the board of pardons the message meg sage was from judge allton of denver denier and said william busky of seattle had made affidavit that he was with hillstrom Hlll strom on the night of the murder lillton asked for a respite of ten days dab to investigate hill strom whan Y hen asked it if he knew dusky busky denied lie ho knew of such a mull this decided the governor to order the execution without delay joseph hillstrom was waa convicted of the murder of john G morrison Morr lson a grocer and his son J arling 17 years old at store in the southern portion of oe the city about 9 9 or the evening of january 10 1914 the scooting snoot ing was witnessed by merlin borrison rison another son 14 years old according to this boys story which mild was corroborated on many points by oth er evidence two masked nien men entered the store with drawn pl plu atole and saying WO wove 10 got you n now 0 ny opened fire on morri moril son eon who fell mortally wounded with a bullet though his chest chea J arling morrison lson ran to an lee lea box in the store seized a SS 38 calibre revolver dad and irad fired before the boy could shoot again lie he fell ell pierced by three bullets arid and lied died almost instantly hillstrom also known as joe je waa as arrested three days after the shooting on Information given by dr A A bird billstrom nill strom staggered into the doctors homo home two hours after tho the shooting with a large bullet wound through his left lung lie told old tile the doctor he had been shot in a quarrel over a woman and requested that nothing bo be said regarding his visit or wound the doctor not having heard of the murders s treated the wound and took hillstrom Hlll strom to the house of tile tho eselius brothers in murray where he had been spending several days accounts of the murders recalled tho the case to the doctor and he informed the officers the doctor noticed an automatic pistol of the same calibre as shells found in the grocery after the shooting in pocket packet hillstrom throw the weapon away after leaving the doctors home alood was found at several places in a general southerly direction from tho the store and members of the 11 sellus family said a companion had visited him late the night of the murders talked privately with him and left tills this man was not apprehended and has not been heard of since the sheriffs office gal said d it was otto applequist who hail had for s orne HOTOS time been oia am panion |