The People v. Rose

Plaintiff in error, Elwood Rose, and C. D. Eckford, were jointly indicted and convicted in the circuit court of St. Clair county for the murder of Elbert Mankin. Both defendants were found guilty, and Rose was sentenced to death by electrocution and Eckford was sentenced to the penitentiary for ninety-nine years. Rose has sued out this writ of error to review the judgment of his conviction.

On August 21, 1931, at about 8:3o or 9 :oo o’clock P. M., five white boys were riding in a two-seated Chevrolet coach along the old Cahokia road, just south of East St. Louis. They stopped by the roadside…