The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-24
a b SENSATION.
Theer-cfty Atturney Detected and h
II tho Act OF Setting Fire to
Mayors Place OF Business.

'FRONT.' the Noble Register, September 2o.l
AH.P airo, ex-clty, attorney, was shot and
wounded in the arm last night about eleven
o,Slnahs by the police, who detected him In the
saetsof firing the cotton office OF Mr.. i. 4.
Irwin, over the store Of Mayor Parker, on
Water street. For seven long weeks 9 detail
OF policemen consisting OF of1cers Burcn,
NcNama.a and McDevitt have been stationed
In HI. PaSker's store, while In the building OPP
poBite were officers Mat. Or8rien and Joe
Simon, on the watch for Palro, VINE was
strongly suspected OF being an inoendlary;
and besides, through the detectives. IL
was pretty well understood, hat as soon as
the mayor commenced proceedings AGAINST
Pairo-charged with malfeasancs In Office
he (Pairo) would commence proceedings
against the mayor by means OF Inc loren.
Thetmen picked. ont from the whole police
force for their efficiency, bravery. and relia-.
Di!isy, were psoy n;sS. WIN sha1 i %ane5 5sSos nat seoss,
and quietly, and on one or two occasions
came very near babglng their game, for a
persons was seen providing about the storein
avery suspicious manner-in faot on Wed
nesday night q man was observed TO
tamper: with or unlock the door lead.
Ing TO Mr.. Twins cotton office. Last
night, sShowever, while the officers were
atil watching, q man In light clothes wa
seen by Oficers ,O'Brien and Slr1on, from
their hiding place, walking on the east side OF
Water street, and coming from the direction
ct st T, IG%1s s catson. o as ee t ges man 10 5ne st S3Ss O.
and the officers thought they heard q Key rat
tie liz the lock- Just at this time W men
came down=frum st. Michael street, on the
west side OF Water street. Observing them,
the man at the lock left the door aud stood
opposite on the curbstone until the parties
reached, st. Louis street. The man then
walked to the door, unlocked II, and. the off,
cers discovered for the frat time that be had
q white bundle In his arms. he entered the
building and shut the door behind him. About
three or iour minutes Afterwards, the de-
tail In the store came out and stood on the
down stairs, opened the door and kept nc
slightly ajar, 30 as to give them a view of Mr..
Parker's store opposite. They did not have
Iong To walt. for In 8 few minutes the man was
seen TO come out and lock the door after him.
Just as he was moving on Ofhcer Obrlen
hyelled bis pistol at him and said, "Surre1-
derp simultaneously two shots were fired,
and the officers closed with The man. discov-
airing him beyond doubt to be g. b. Pairo.
At the same moment Oflcer 0'Brien wrench
I'D from his hand q murderous brass knuckle,
and Pairo exclaimed, 81 have doHe a dirty
act and you. have got me !" He then de-
livered up bis revolver. aud 1t was found
vas taken promptly to the lookup. After
securing the prisoner the officers went back
10 the cotton office, and, proceeding up stairs,
found two branches OF fat llghtwood, with
fnses burning, placed against the wall where 9
horton of the plastering had been knocked
.afY Tive or three pounds of cotton we're piled
np loosely about the fsggots, and in attempt
lng.to put out the fuses tne SGston 5oG Ok ase
tiDcnlshing the flames. The fuses had only
burned q very short while and the flames
had not yet communicated to the light,
wood. the ends of which were only
slightly charred. The faggots were very well
constructed, m evidently by q knowing
hand, the end Of each splinter Of hghtwood
being surrounded by q bunch OF parior matcn.
es iashed securely to 1t. From the centre OF
this gentle bouquet depended q slow mstca
0nss) described above as burning; Whst
cannot be too highly commended is the COOL
delif rate and steady conduct of the officers
who managed, the affair. They were select
al from the whole torce with q special View to
the difficult and dangerous work IN hand, as
being cool, reliable and close as wax with a
.oneof nonfded to them.