The newspaper declared that Pep had taken the life of the cat of the governor rsquo s wife mdash but he didn rsquo t do it The only thing he may have been guilty of was chewing the sofa at the governor rsquo s mansion Pep was a rambunctious young Labrador retriever owned by Pennsylvania rsquo s governor Gifford Pinchot in the s The dog actually was sent to Eastern State Penitentiary where his mug shot was taken with a prisoner identification number When a newspaper reporter heard about it he made up the cat story Because his report appeared [... more]