A STRANGE case, in which one man committed murder and was promptly lynched, at his own request, by an accomodating third man, is reported from Bastrop, La. Shambles Brigham, manager for Col. Geo. C. Phillips, who owns a plantation on Island de Siard, while, in the field, was shot dead by ambush by an old Negro. The Negro then walked to the plantation residence, summoned Col. Phillips and told him that he had killed Brigham and wanted to be hanged for it. Col. Phillips put a rope around the Negro's neck and he was soon swinging in a death struggle from a limb of a tree. No motive is assigned for the murder and it is thought that the Negro was insane.
Source: Albany Weekly Herald, Albany, Georgia, Saturday, May 28, 1892; Pg. 2, Column 3
