Everything about The Ludlow Street Jail totally explained
The
Ludlow Street Jail was
New York City's federal prison, located on
Ludlow Street and
Broome Street in
Manhattan. Some prisoners, such as soldiers, were held there temporarily awaiting extradition to other jurisdictions, but most of the inmates were debtors imprisoned by their creditors. The two most famous inmates of the Ludlow Street Jail were
Victoria Woodhull and
Boss Tweed. Seward Park High School now sits on the site of the jail.
Victoria Woodhull
Victoria Woodhull was an
American suffragist who was publicized in
Gilded Age newspapers as a leader of the American woman's suffrage movement in the 19th century. On
November 2,
1872,
U.S. Federal Marshals arrested Victoria and her sister Tennessee for sending obscene material through the mail. The sisters were held in the Ludlow Street Jail for the next month. The arrest was arranged by
Anthony Comstock, the self-appointed moral defender of the nation at the time, and the event incited questions about censorship and government persecution. The Claflin sisters were found not guilty six months later, but the arrest prevented Victoria from being present during the 1872
presidential election.
Boss Tweed
William Magear Tweed (
April 3,
1823 –
April 12,
1878), commonly known as
"Boss" Tweed, was an American politician and head of
Tammany Hall, the name given to the
Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in
New York City politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. After being arrested for bilking the city out of millions of dollars, Tweed jumped bail and was later apprehended in Spain. He was subsequently delivered to authorities in
New York City on
November 23,
1876. He was imprisoned in the Ludlow Street Jail, occupying the warden's parlor for $75.00 a week. He died two years after being imprisoned at the age of 55.
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