In this discussion of the conditions in the Southern States which promoted recourse to lynch-law, it must not be forgotten that at the same time the frontier type of lynch-law was in vogue in the West. The tide of immigration toward that part of the United States, which had set in early in the fifties, continued with increased vigor after the close of the Civil War. While the establishment of Territorial government, followed by admission to the Union and State government, was remarkably expeditious in the West, yet there was constant occasion for recourse to lynch-law against desperadoes and persons guilty of stealing live stock. In other sections of the country, also, lynch-law was in operation.[201] The following statistics, obtained from an examination of the files of the New York Times for the three years, 1871–73, give some idea of the distribution and character of lynchings at that time[202]: Kentucky: 2 negroes hung for rape, 1 white hung for rape, 1 negro hung for murder, 3 negroes shot by masked men, 1 negro “murdered” by Ku-Klux. Tennessee: 2 negroes hung for robbery and arson, 1 negro shot and hung for robbery and murder, 1 negro shot for attempted outrage, 1 negro hung and shot for murder, 1 white shot for murder of wife. Missouri: 5 horse thieves hung, 1 negro hung for outrage, 1 white hung for murder, 3 whites hung for murder and robbery, 3 whites shot for defending and being bondsmen of county officials accused of peculation. California: 2 whites hung for murder, 1 white hung and shot for murder, 1 Indian hung for murder, 1 Malay (steward of steamer) shot and thrown overboard near coast of California for ravishing sick girl, eleven years old. Montana: 2 whites hung for murder. Louisiana: 4 negroes hung for murder, 3 horse thieves hung. Virginia: 1 desperado, horse thief and murderer hung. Alabama: 1 white shot for murder. South Carolina: 2 whites shot for murder, 10 negroes shot and hung by Ku-Klux. Nevada: 1 desperado hung, 1 white hung for killing man in saloon row. Wisconsin; 1 white hung for murder. Indiana: 3 negroes hung for murder, 1 white hung for murder. Nebraska: 1 negro and 1 white man “killed” for robbery and shooting woman. Kansas: 2 whites hung for murder, 1 desperado and 1 horse thief “killed in jail.” Colorado: 2 whites hung for keeping gambling outfit. Michigan: 2 whites died from beating which they received for killing a man in a German-Irish riot on the streets. Ohio: 2 whites hung for murder. Maryland: 1 negro hung for arson. Total: 41 whites, 32 negroes, 1 Malay, 1 Indian.