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Show BOSSARD EXPELLED BY THE MORMON CHURCH Photographer Who Took the Secret Views of Temple Is Excommunicated. Excommuni-cated. New York, Oct. 3. For his work In assisting Max Florence, a moving picture showman to obtain photographs photo-graphs of tho interior of the Mormon temple snt Salt Lake City, Glsbert L. llossard, the Mormon elder who rtc-tually rtc-tually took the photographs, has been excommunicated from the church. Notice of his excommunlcattou was received by llossard todny at the Hotel Imperial, whose is Is assisting Florence to negotiate for the sale of the surreptitiously taken views. The chnrges against Rossnrd were filed by Charles Wllcken, a privato policeman employed by the custodian of tho tern, pie grounds. They recite that Hossard. In taking the photographs without permission per-mission while enjoying the privileges of the temple under tho church's special spec-ial permit, proved himself jtn apostate apos-tate In spirit, nnd was guilty of plot' ting against tho welfare of the church. He was ordered to appear bdforc n church court selected from tho high council of the Salt Lake stake of Zlon, to which Hossard belonged, to answer the charges, but as he'f ailed to do so, action was taken ngaln him. "'. " ki Hossard and Florence iuiie 'been; here for twenty days, trying to sel their pictures for moulng picture pur-' poses on tho grounds that they reveal Important secrets. The Mormon officials offi-cials have refused to buy them, declaring de-claring that they are worthless, and hat any responsible applicant can have all the pictures deslied with President Smith's compliments, the, building not being nt all a secret one, "but merely n sacred one,opon only to members o'f the church in good standing. |
