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Show . '- oo PRISON ROAD GANG SEES CONVICT PLAY DENVER. SopL 21 Fifty-six convicts con-victs from the stato penitentiary among thpni sovoral life termers this afternoon sat in tho gallery of a local lo-cal theater and watched a play in which tlio star portrayed a character suggesting his own lifo to each member mem-ber of tho grim group that leaned in tenae interest over tho gallery rail. Thoy saw the make-believe convict In tho oflU with which thoy aro so tragically familiar, watched him at tho work that 1b so fearfully real to them, hold thoir broath when tho pardon, for which perhaps more than one of them Is hoping, opened tho prison gates, and burst into thunders of applause ap-plause when thoy saw wealth and honor and happiness como to their horo. Tbo men aro members of tho convict road gang constructing a high-, way to the mountains west of here. An invitation for them to attcufl IU3 play was extended Id Warded Ty.tjaTi by .in enterprise press apetlis Thd warden, Impressed with tB6 plot of the play, saw possibilities. A special train wns chartered and Ihe convicts dressed in their road garb of 6trlped Rhlrts ahd ordinary trousers, were quietly taken to their sats. Not a person in the audience know of their presence until tho play was finished. A half dozon guards accQmpanicd the men, not one of whom made any attempt at-tempt to escape. |