Inmate C2559, better known as Pep, “The Cat-Murdering Dog”, was admitted to the Eastern State Penitentiary on August 12, 1924. Prison folklore says that Governor Gifford Pinchot sentenced Pep to Life Without Parole for killing his wife’s cherished cat. Governor Pinchor said Pep was a mascot for the prisoners. Pep lived among the inmates for about a decade.
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