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said was the result of an attempt
to collect a claim for compensation for
is months work and expenses.
Is II Years Old.
"T am II years of age" Noble said,
land this is the first time I have ever
been charged with criminal offense.
It seems / am starting out rather late
in life to become a notorious character.
feel that all my friends know that /
am innocent and 1 fully appreciate
their confidence. I have no fear Of a
trial upon any charge that may be
brought against me, because I have
done no criminal act"
The statement opens with brief
outline of Mobiles career, and leads up
to the history of his work on a design
for a memorial to the motherhood Of
America, which led to his meeting Mrs.
Calhoun, and subsequent selection as
the designer and sculptor for the
Woman's Universal Alliance.
Mrs. Calhoun insisted that I drop
all my other work and devote my en-
tire time to the building of a scale
model of my memorial, which I did"
said Mobiles statement. IT devoted Is
months Of continuous work to the prep
aration of the model and the other
necessary preliminary work preparatory
to the actual construction of the
memorial or larger work. 1t was under
stood that q formal contract should be
entered into between the Woman's
Universal Alliance and myself defining
the duties of myself and providing for
the payment to me of my expenses,
working on written acceptance OF my
design from Mrs Calhoun
Mrs. Calhoun had caused me to
change my original model, which was
to have cost SIS, 000, 900, to a model cost
ing $4,000, 900, making 1t more of an
ONCE building than q true memorial
which has never met with my approval.
I am now going back to my original
design.
Mrs. Calhoun had many receptions
and was herself at my studio constantly
for a year and a half. Many of her
friends and acquaintance called and
my studio was the common meeting
place OF many persons interested in the
erection of the memorial. Popular sub
ScriptionS were solicited and received by
the alliance upon the assurance that
the money was to be used for the con-
struction of my memorial. Our pro-
posed contract provided for the pay
ment to me Of certain amounts as the
WOAh pIOBICSoCQ ana DIS were
raised by subscriptions. Through dis
agreements and misunderstanding, no
formal contract was ever entered into
between myself and the Woman'S Uni
versal Alliance, or myself and Mrs.
Calhoun, but it was upon the strength
Of Mrs. Calhouns representations and
her promises to pay for my time and
expenses that 1 devoted is months to
the work in question. I have always
felt, and I feel now, that for those
expenses and that time had Just and
legal claim for a reasonable compensa-
ton and reimbursement for expenses
against the Woman's Universal Alliance
and Mrs. Calhoun, and particularly
against the funds raised and received
by the alliance and by Mrs. Calhoun
upon the design and model created
by me.
ct have always felt. and now feel, that
had legal right to assert my claim
against the alliance and Mrs Calhoun
as its principal officer, but took no
active steps to enforce my claim. and
never sent any one to Mrs. Calhoun or
to the Woman'S Universal Alliance to
press collection thereof or to represent
me in the matter. have been indicted
and charged with conspiracy to black
mail in attempting to collect my claim
for compensation for is months work
and expenses. This is the whole story"