Died in jail or a lockup
Faust Quitterro
Faust Quitterro was taken from the jail in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by vigilantes, who hanged him, according to a brief wire dispatch in the Daily Los Angeles Herald dated February 26, 1881. He had been brought to the jail by a sheriff's posse. The dispatch does not say how the mob reached him or whether jail staff resisted, gave up the keys or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A wire dispatch reports that vigilantes took him from the jail and hanged him.
Reported by: wire dispatch.