The Daily News reported that on December 13, 1921, a mouse disabled the elevator in the State Capitol Building in Frankfort, Kentucky. The rodent somehow got to the top of the elevator, climbed up a cable, and was electrocuted when it came into contact with the electronic control lift.

The unfortunate mouse short-circuited the controls and prevented the elevator from descending, although it would still go up. The capitol electrician took two hours to get the elevator back in order.

– “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.