The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-09-21
MORMON TEMPLE
DEF|LED PICTURES
TAKEN OF INTERIOR
Entire Church is Arous-
ed By the OUT
rage
100000 IS ASKED
BY New Yorker for Sale of
Pictures Showing Tenn
pies Splendors
100000 is ASKED

salt Lake City, litah-Trom the
h~eadquaTtets OF the Prophet of the
Mormon Church, Joseph +. Smith,
thore has gone tho command to ev-
cry Mormon home in the world to
iind the traitor who has betrayed the
CiuIch and through the humble
agency OF a German photographer
Gcseclated the great Mormon Temple
a:la secured photographs of the ESQ
,cr!c interior of that fountain of the
church worship. a
\ : Sever since its dedication has the
Too, OF gentle intruded in the Nor
taGl temple. The; secrets of it's Law
is2 ln;ssnificence and v0lnptuous luz
icy have been hidden from all Xecept
the high dignitaries of Church and
the promise of n day being initiat-
ed into the secrets OF the temple has
been the bait which has lure! many
COZ Ntiitu elIiS! ants 10 yuan, Wnefe
sits the prophet and from his throne
room in the church directs the va
ricus and potent agencies of the
great religious institution.
The fact that the interior of the
temple has been photographed has
carried CONSERVATION into every
Mormon home.
The twelve apostles and the coun-
seiors have met and decided that the
German photographer, Gilbert l..
Bossard, Who was converted in Ger
many and persuaded TO cmigrate to
Utah, is not the man the church
wants to lay its hand one, although
the authorities declare he is the man
who invaded the sacred precincts of
the blouse OF God"
secret Work of Many Months.
Who is the man behind the Ger
man photographer? That is what
every Mormon family has been ask
cd to help find out. Max Florence
formerly O. Salt Lake but now at the
Hotel Imperial. New York, is the
mar who wrote to President Smith
Offering to "selp' the pictures for
500, 600. but it is known that Flor
ence could have invaded the
temple nor would he know enough
of Mormon methods to direct the
operations of the photographer.
The man accused by the church Of
taking the pictures from the inside
and thus disclosing to the world tina,
the Mormon Tempe is vastly more
magnificent than was the temple Of
Solomon was q humble German pho
%tographer i'll Berlin. On his ccnVcr-
sion he was sem to Utah, where he
climbed rapidly. lie was emitted
TO the temble and Ill is row known
passed more than a year in taking
the pictures he ~Gnally succeeded in
securing.
The temple is guarded BY two out
er guards and one inner guard al
III the confidence of the president of
the church. The inner guard keeps
constant sur. eillanue over all WISH
tors TO lhe temple, no matter how
high. in the church they may be.
The pictures taken indicate how Sc
'tretiy and indrstriously the photo
sla3her worked, constantly do 9.
Ing tho guard and making repeated
trips TO get lis opportunities
TIE church council are consi6eH
ing the a~dvisability of bringing
b,ackmail proceedings against Flor
cnce. who wrote the letter to the
President Offering the plates for
Sl0U, 900. Injunction proceedings
also arc contemplated in an effort to
prevent publication of the pictures
When il is learned who is behind
the deeds of Florence and Bcssard
the vengeance OF The church will
take definite form perhaps publicl,
in the courts, perhaps secretly in
channels none will ever know. The
church is positive the real offender
is a Mormon who has turned traitor
to the church and seeks to embarras
il.
S%pICnlors of the Church.
If there be embarrassment in the
knowledge of the fact that the inside
of the temple is undoubtedly more
magnificent and splendid than the
interior Of any other building in the
world, the church has cause for its
its CONSERVATION. The pictures, rs
explained by Mormons who recognize
them and viii talk about what they
represent. disclose the wonderful
baptismal font decorated with gold
enamelling, the twelve golden oNen
supporting the font, the staircase
built from the basement into the
Apostles room by Tiffany & Co., OF
New York, the marvellous stained