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Show PRESIDENT AGAIN ASKS FOR . DELAY IN HILLSTROM CASE r i Request Made on Governor Spry Causes Great Astonishment in Salt Lake as No New Facts Have Been Presented in Favor of the Condemned Man. "Washington, Nov. 17. President Wilson today urged Governor Spry of Utah to reconsider the case of Joseph Hillstrom, a Swedish citizen, sentenced sentenc-ed to death next Friday for murder. The president se'nt to Governor Spry tho following telegram: "With unaffected hesitation, but with a very strong conviction of the importance of the case, I again venture ven-ture lo urge upon your excellency tho Justice and advisability of a thorou'jn reconsideration of the case of Joseph Hillstrom " llillorrom is an I. W. W worker In whose l-chalf the president appealed appeal-ed to Governor Spry at the request of the Swedish minister several woolcs ago on the ground that Hillstrom had not ha J a fair trial. The prisoner was gfeu a respite but eventually was resentenced. A few days ago Mr J. S. Cram and Elizabeth Gun-v Flynn of New York again urged the president to ask Governor Spry to intervene. in-tervene. The American Federation of Labor in convention at San Francisco Fran-cisco also asked clemency for Hillstrom. Hill-strom. Salt 1 ake. Nov. 17. President Wilson's Wil-son's telegram requesting a reconsideration reconsid-eration of the case of Joseph Hill strom had not been received by Governor Gov-ernor Spry at Jl o'clock this morning morn-ing and his information regarding the matter wan obtained from The Associated As-sociated Press. The governor would uot makp any comment regarding his attitude in advance of receipt of the message The president's second inte'rvention in the Cdse caused great astonishment astonish-ment hpro. as Hillstrom's execution has been deferred fifty days already as a result of the president's first request re-quest and no new facts or reasons for clemency have been presented by Hillstrom's advocates. The case cannot can-not be trkcr. Into court again as Hillstrom has exhausted all his legdl rights San Francisco, Nov. 17; A telegram from President Wilson to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, assembled in convention here, informing Gompers that the president had asked Govern or William Spry of Utah to reprieve the Hillstrom case, was read today ai the opening of the federation convention. con-vention. No action was taken on it and no comment was made. The telegram reads "Samuel Gompers: "I have telegraphed Governor Spry of Utah urging Justice and a thorough reconsideration of the case of Joseph Hillstrom. "WOODROW WILSON." President "Wilson's action in seeking seek-ing further investigation in the Hillstrom Hill-strom case followed the -adoption yesterday yes-terday of resolutions by the federation federa-tion urging the president to intorveno in the case and requesting both Governor Gov-ernor Spry and the Utah State board of pardons to obtain for Hillstiom a now and a "fair" trial These resolutions resolu-tions were telegiaphed to the president presi-dent today |
