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Show thcrs. A number of shots were fired, none taking effect, bowoier, except the one thnf struck Sirnuthera In the head. There were other colored men In Hie melee and the row created considerable con-siderable excitement on Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth street, between IJncoln and Wall avenues. COLORED W IS 1DERW0 BOND David McCollongh, colored, . was placed under a bond of $"0 tills morning morn-ing for his appearance In the municipal munici-pal court lor a preliminary' bearing on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon with Intent to do groat bodily harm and, not furnishing the bond, he was remanded to the custody of the city oflicerR. The time for the near- I Ing was fixed for tomorrow morning. The complaint against McCol lough ; alleges that on May 2 lib he fired a Jiot from a. -3S caliber revolver at ' Lewis W. Slrauthcr. a colored man,' Inflicting a wound In the head. Ho has been in jail since the lime of tho ulleged offense. Accordlug to tlie story told by those, who claim to hao witnessed the fhootlng, McCollough anil Strauthers had an altercation over a young colored col-ored girl, to whom both men were paying attention, and that, in a fight which ensued, McCollough drew his revolver and began shootJng as Strau- |