Error of the Flesh Lust was the downfall of Tiburcio Vasquez.

For several years in the 1870s, Tiburcio Vasquez was one of California’s most successful and wanted bandits. He was held up as a “Robin Hood” figure, especially among the Hispanic population; but, his libido proved to be his downfall.

Reportedly, Vasquez seduced and impregnated his own niece, which turned his family against him. Later, he began an affair with the wife of a trusted gang lieutenant—who then became a law enforcement informant. Vasquez was arrested in what is now West Hollywood in May 1874. He was hanged the next March.