Show conspiracy FO DEFRAUD THE government Wan hington june C As a the sweeping of fT ahe blerk m ot alie wp for biral arci ll ivry fluid C klinworth of ow of wr arear ear r antl yM ferday on ohp of or with ceaf nalta more to defraud ha ln he pur chae of ohp leather furnish ad the rural carrier throughout th ja V country their anat bet en in all tince the investigation began other nr rpt apt are expected uter the story of tr arret ret is bast told in the follow ing official arsen out by the fourth Ai tant ceara afternoon W and C L warth upton arrested thin after nonn on warrants war ranta aborn out in inor iby infector In and charged conspiracy con piracy with E smith and others to defraud the government in the purchase of pouches from C 1 smith of baltimore the complaint seta forth that mcgregor and upton agreed with smith to obtain for him orders for many thousands of leather pouches as are used by rural letter carriers the price agreed upon was 00 cents per pouch the actual kalua was less than 50 cents smith was t pay to them the difference between 90 and 50 cents per pouch it is eaid at the department that the actual number of pouches which were purchased exceeded for chich the government paid 00 cents each or in all smith received and retained of this for his own use the remaining was paid to AI cGregor and upton the government could ha e bought the entire number of pouches from the manufacturers for ite gragor was the clerk in chars of rural free delivery supplies and upton was one of his assistants inspector sullivan is from the st louis division and simons from the kansas city division of poston ioe inspectors mcgregor has awn in the postal service since 1891 lie came here from nebraska as a messenger and subsequently was promoted to a clerkship and finally was appointed by ir machen in of the supply work of the rural free delivery service clr upton is a BalU morean and has been n ser vice for thirteen years both men armsted arc sted are married they were taken into custody at the lice shortly before the close of office hours |