A biographer provides a description of the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island in the later half of the 19th century as having lax security, with prisoners being able to escape if they knew how to swim.[66] Ida Craddock – convicted for obscenity under the Comstock laws George Washington Dixon – served six months for libel against Reverend Francis L. Hawks Fritz Joubert Duquesne – Nazi spy and leader of the Duquesne Spy Ring, the largest convicted espionage case in United States history Becky Edelson – for "using threatening language" during a speech[67] Emma Goldman – several times, for activities in support of anarchism and birth control and against the World War I draft Billie Holiday – served on prostitution charges Mary Jones – a 19th-century transgender prostitute that was a center of media attention for coming to court wearing feminine attire.[68] Peter H. Matthews – for operating policy games (illegal lotteries) all over New York City Patrick McLaughlin – Tammany Hall tough Eugene Reising – firearms designer convicted of violating the Sullivan Act[69] Madame Restell – for performing abortions Dutch Schultz – arrested for burglary Boss Tweed – served one year on corruption-related charges Mae West – served eight days on public obscenity charges for her play Sex