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WE NEVER FORGET Fellow Worker Joe Hill Unjustly Imprisoned by the State of Utah, January 1914-November 1915

Janet RayeHellraisers Journal
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Workers of the World Awaken by Joe Hill, LRSB Memorial 9th Edition, Cleveland 1916—————

We Never Forget Rebel Songwriter Joe Hill
Imprisoned by the State of Utah from January 1914-November 1915

Photographic timeline of the last two years of the life of Fellow Worker Joe Hill:

January 15, 1914, Salt Lake Tribune
-Joe Hillstrom [Joe Hill], wounded man, arrested in connection with Morrison murders.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1914-01-15/ed-1/seq-1/

Joe Hill, Joseph Hillstrom, SL Tb p1, Jan 15, 1914

January 11, 1914, Salt Lake Tribune
-John G. Morrison, grocer, and son, Arling, murdered night of January 10th.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1914-01-11/ed-1/seq-1/

John G. Morrison and son murdered Jan 10th Salt Lake City UT, SL Tb 1, Jan 11, 1914

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Hellraisers Journal: Sketch of the Utah State Prison Yard Where Fellow Worker Joe Hill Will Be Shot In Five Days

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Now my friends know I am innocent
and I dont care what the rest think.
-Joe Hill

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Hellraisers Journal, Sunday November 14, 1915
Sketch of Utah State Prison Yard Where Joe Hill Will Be Shot

The execution of Fellow Worker Joe Hill is set for November 19th, five days from today. Yesterday, Parsons Daily Sun of Kansas published the following drawing of Utah State Prison showing, in detail, the exact “procedure” planned for the shooting down of our Rebel Songwriter:

Joe Hill execution , Diagram sketch of Utah state prison yard, Parsons (KS) Daily Sun, Nov 13, 1915

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