Arizona republican., 1912-09-20
THE ACTIVITY
 OF ER|KSON
The Case of a Man Who Has Never Heard About People Getting Rich by Attending to Their Own Business

Unless Erik Erikson of Twelfth and Polk streets restraints his tendency to interfere in the business of his neigh bors, some of these days he will find himself impoverished by fines and court costs.
 He was brought before the court of Justice JOhnstOne yesterday on the complaint of Mrs Keedie, q neighhor and a poor woman on a charge of dis turbance of the peace, though his of fense was really more than that a cruel persecution.
 Erikson owns two lots where he
 lives and on a lot adjacent to one of
 them Mrs. Keedie has a small house
 which she was allowed to erect there
 by a kind hearted woman Though
 the residence of Erikson is not what by any violation of English adjectives
 might be called palatial, he believes
 that building restrictions should be placed some where and he places them
 little above the residence of Mrs. Keedie
 He has annoyed her in various ways. He follows her along the streets and when she enters a store he follows and after she has gone out he warns the stOrekeepers not to trust her The
 other day she went into a store and when she emerged Erikson went in and demanded to know of the pro prietor what she had bought Learning that a young son of hers had found badly needed employment at a down town store he went to the proprietor and demanded his instant discharge.
 A curious thing about the case is that Erikson admits all that is charg- ed against him and claims the right to exercise this sort of surveillance over his neighbor. He related to the court yesterday in the, manner of a man telling of a horrible outrage, of an offense committed by Mrs. Needle. Why" said he. 'only the other day she brought a table and chair out of
 her house near my line, (that is of his vacant lot.) and sat down and began
 writing a letter, right next my line,
 mind you. right next to my line. Now,
 what do you think of that?''
 The court did not say what he
 thought of that but what he thought
 
 It was brought out that EricksOn's
 wife, evidently trained by him had followed this poor woman along the
 street and had reprOached her with
 the poverty of her clothing and told
 her that she would be ashamed to
 come down town dressed that way
 The court adjudged Erickson guilty and announced that he would fix his punishment today. once before, Erlck- son was before the same court on a similar complaint by Mrs. Needle and he was fined s15. but the sentence was suspended. it being the belief of the court that the judgment itself would be lesson to him.
 A few days later on a similar com plaint he was taken before Justice Parker who imposed a fine of s15 and Frikson paid it. It is reasonable to suppose that the punishment today will be made still more impressive. Mrs. Keedie came here few years ago a helpless invalid. a sufferer from asthma Her son was so young that 1 he could not contribute to her assist ance but kind neighbOrs aided her. She | has so far recovered now that by nurs- ine and such other work as she can get to do and with what little assist ance her boy may give, she IS sell supporting, but the struggle would be different one without the EIlhSoii handicap.