Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Daily Telephone, October 6, 1925, p. 1 LOSS OF EYE CASE IN COURT Grant Parker, Colored, Asks $3000 Because of Alleged Injury By "Billy" in Hands of Ex-Policeman Altop. The $3,000 damage suit of Grant Parker, colored, against ex-Policeman Edgar Altop for the alleged loss of an eye is scheduled to start in the Monroe county court this afternoon. Miers & Corr bring the suit for Parker, who is a widely known colored man. The trouble which resulted in the suit started at the baseball park north of town during a Sunday game this summer. Altop arrested Parker and lodged him in jail. Parker claims that the policeman used his "billy" without provocation when he said Altop had no right to arrest him without a warrant. "This is my warrant," is the reply Parker alleges Altop made, hitting him over the eye with the official "billy" from which injury the loss of an eye resulted. Altop will claim an entirely different version of the affair-that Parker resisted and made the use of force necessary. It is also understood that an attempt will be made to show Parker is a "bad man," with a long list of arrests, squabbles and fights to his credit. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office.