Harrell dug up an interview Reynolds gave in 1986, a short time before his death. When asked about the plane crash, Reynolds had no doubt.
Former Notre Dame athletes made a pilgrimage to Bazaar, Kansas to lay a wreath on the monument of Knute Rockne, March 6, 1936, noted coach of Notre Dame football teams, who died in a plane crash five years ago. From left: Jess Harper, former director of athletics at Notre Dame; Marchmont Schwartz, coach at Creighton University, Omaha; Al Gebert head coach, Wichita University; Nordy Hoffman, assistant coach, Wichita University; Larry “Moon” Mullins, coach, Benedict’s Atchison, Kansas.; Dan Foley, Leavenworth, Kansas. (AP Photo)
“They bombed it,” he said. “Yeah, that is the way they got even with Notre Dame.”
“The mob rubbed out Knute Rockne because they let you testify?” Karton inquired.
“Yeah, yup, absolutely,” the priest maintained. “Oh, I am sure of that. . . . Oh, yeah.”
