He Tore Up the Railroad Track, Then Flagged Down the Train

The 'Diabolical Deed,' chronicled in our morning contemporary, turns out about as we expected. The railroad of the Seattle Coal and Transportation Company runs through the land of Mr. John Ross, an old and highly respectable citizen of this county. The Company and Mr. Ross failing to agree upon the terms for the right-of-way, the latter, for the purpose of bringing the matter to an issue before the Courts, yesterday openly tore up the rails upon his land, and he says he informed the Company he had done so before the train left the depot, and he flagged the locomotive and warned the engineer of what he had done, long before they got to the spot. He thought by doing this without loss of locomotive or cars, or danger to life or limb, it would bring the matter to a close. Mr. Ross is having an examination before a Justice's Court at Newcastle to-day, Messrs. McNaught & Leary for the prosecution and Messrs. Hall & Burke for defence. We believe the matter will be compromised before it goes any further, as Mr. Shattuck, the Superintendent of the road, is a man who looks more to the interests of his Company than to the gratification of personal spite.