On November 11, 1918, the Park City Daily News reported: “A comely woman of forty-five, describing herself as Mrs. Alvy Cobb, of Hopkinsville, is being sought by local police as the owner of a trunkful of whiskey confiscated at the L & N station Sunday morning.”

The woman denied the trunk was hers. Police Chief Potter could not take a warrant out for the woman because he was not sure about the contents of the trunk. By the time he did get a warrant, Mrs. Cobb had paid her hotel bill and left town.

– “Way Back When in Warren County” is compiled by researchers at the Warren County Public Library and appears twice weekly in the Bowling Green Daily News. For more information about the library, visit warrenpl.org.