European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 22, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 3 slayings in  office it s just a Miracle he did t get me Edmond. Okla. A Kane Mason crouched i her postal work station after the killing began wednesday morning could smell the Gunpowder Bill heard Only the Foo Sieps of gunman Pat Sherrill be tween shots at he got closer and , a Teller Carrier was at work at 6 45 . When the shots rang out alter the first shots Wert fired one of our carriers yelled out he s got a gun gel Down " she said. I crouched Down in the Littlest Ball i could make. He kept getting closer and closer and he stopped in front of he supervisor s  Mason said her station is just one partition away from the supervisor s office. Letter Carrier Lee Phillips whose station adjoined the office was  stopped then the footsteps started moving away said Mason 38. I never saw him but if became up close enough he would have seen me. It s just a Miracle he did t gel me she said. She said the smell of Gunpowder filled the  twas absolutely quiet Between gunshots she said. "1 would t know the sound of him. In my whole life 1 never heard this Man s voice she said adding that so cml said nothing As he worked his Way through the Post office. A Friend Tom Mongo Mary then whispered that the front doors were open and they could make a run for it she said. The front foyer of the Post office i open 24 hours. She and three or four others in for the door. Another Friend. Bill Miller did t make in. Edmond Post office flail  19 Yards Way xxi two can aug Nanc source the daily oklahoman this drawing slows the floor plan of the Edmond Post office and the location of the gunman s 14 victims. Rockne s grandson among victims Edmond okla. A the grandson of legend Ary notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne was among postal workers killed wednesday when a Dis  fire. Mike Rockne 33, was killed when Pat Sherrill entered the Post office and began shooting. Knute Rockne became a legendary figure while coaching football at notre Dametro 1918 to 1930. Here is the Complete list of the dead and injured inthe shootings wednesday at the Edmond Post office As released by police. The dead Patricia Chambers 41, of  Denncy. 39, of Edmond Rick enc 38, of  Gabbard 47, of Oklahoma City. Bill Miller 30, of Piedmont Kenneth Morey 49, of Guthrie. Jonn Gragert Hamilton 30, of  husband 49, or Okuhama City. Betty Jund 34, of Oklahoma  Phillip 41, of Choctaw. Jen pah 51, of.  Rockne 33, of Edmund. Ton Shader 31,  Welch 27, of Oklahoma City. The injured Ulburn Nimmo 40, of Edmond critical condition. Judith Walker 40, of Edmond critical  Bray 54, of Edmond stable but serious Condi  Vick 24, of Oklahoma City table and fair  Joyce Ingram 4s, of Edmond stable and air  Bigler 36, of Chocun treated and released. Union pins part of blame on Bosses new York a pal ii. Sherril the Powl pm Tovee who killed his co workers and then himself had been pushed Over the Brink by the management style of his superiors postal Union officials said wednesday while we Are shocked and dismayed by what  and offer our prayers to those surviving victims sow in the Hospital we cannot help but believe Thater. Sherrill Wai pushed Over the Brink by irresponsible and coercive management policies by the postal serv ice in the Oklahoma City Region said Vincent r. Sombrotto president of the National association of letter carriers. Beryl Jones president of the Oklahoma City Branc Hofle 288,000-member organization said Sherrill was taken into the management office tuesday and was told he was no Good and was going to be fired. I gotten out of his crouched position audit me like a lost Little Puppy she said. I. He d be right with us. But he did l do it. I Bill had looked up a i. R a or. Assumed High did i Don l know if he froze or what. Ill never forget he Miller heard me say yesterday had a craving for chocolate Chip cookies. This morn ing he brought a Small Sample of chocolate Chip Coo Kies his wife had  that kind of camaraderie was not shared by Sherrill Mason said. Nobody knew him she said. I be always loved going into work i be Gollen int trouble for actually starting a Little Early. This is the greatest working environment you could Ever ask for but it s never going to be the  Patrick Sherrill Appow Sherrils hate spilled Over Edmond Olda. Up there Are purple Flower Ion a trellis outside Pat Shell s bedroom inside u t cup that says have a Nice  and Nalej shotguns pistols sucks of soft tipped bullets an Arsenal of  Sherrill haled dogs. He haled Black people. He hated women. He hated Lis Bosa and his Job. And Ever Job he held since leaving the marines. But above All he hated pal  was never Happy not with himself not with his fellow workers not with the world says Mike Bigler who worked with Sherrill and sits in a Hospital room with a build in his Back to prove  first Bullet was intended for his Boss who had threatened to fire Sherrill. The last Bullet was for him self. In Between 13 others died because Shelts hate spilled  night he would go out on his bicycle and scoot up and Down the Street just in a rage All sweaty Lay neighbor Crystal Brennan 29. He was always angry at something like he did t know what it was he was angry at last month it was Brennan s 11-year-old ton who had to defend himself with an a to keep the crazy neighbor from killing him she  was he so angry at my boy heaven knows. We re Black and he did t like Blacks. He did t like much anything Brennan said. Sherrill loved guns. He loved them since joining the marines in 1964. And was crushed when he was t shipped off to Vietnam. The War passed him by Al though be lied to his friends and employees about Bis War exploits. Scattered through the Home on a Shade Street Are stacks of weapons including an my service Issue Rifer and books on the Vietnam  records show he was honorable discharged in 1966, and never received or seemed to need counselling for mental problems Sherrill spent Many years unemployed or picking up Odd jobs. His postal Job which paid s 12,000 to $14,000 a year was important to him even if Hewan t appreciated. Sometimes he wore a military Utility Belt around his Waist. Sometimes he tucked a gun into in