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Show Bullet Pierced Heart, Man Propped Dead Man Just Released From the Helena Jail Is Shot by an Officer. HELENA. Mont., June 23. Marshal William McCann this afternoon shot and fatally wounded William Sheraer, a typical cxaraplo of the "yegg" criminal class, while tho latter Avns attempting to escape from the officer, of-ficer, who had twice summoned the Hoeing man to halt. Sheraer hnd been released irom the county Jail upon his promise to leave the city, but instead of doing 30 ho proceeded to the southern portion of tho city, where ho began to abuse and flight-en flight-en women. The bullet from McCann's revolver re-volver went clear through tho man's bodv. piercing his heart, but, despite this fnct lie ran a block and lived for about sovon hours. |