David Boylan Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 I've never seen an indentification of Sylvia Odio's "friend" Johnny Martin aka Juan Martin. Supposedly a gun dealer rom Venezula. Was this John Martino by any chance? Document # 180-10108-10350 Is another memorandum of an interview by Burt Griffen. This is with Mrs. Connell. It is also dated 4/16/64. Interview with Mrs. C. L. Connell, Dallas, Texas. …Mrs. Connell described John Martin aka Juan Martin as sharing Miss Odio's anti-Kennedy feelings. Mrs.Connell stated she met Martin twice at Miss Odio's apartment. She described Martin as being about 5ft. 7 in. tall weighing 130 lbs. and as being a close friend of Miss Odio. She stated that sometime in 1963 Martin drove to Florida where he picked up a car belonging to Sylvia Odio's brother and drove it back to Dallas. I questioned Mrs. Connell about Col. Castorr. She said that Col. Castorr's wife is connected with H. L. Hunt. H. L. Hunt is the father of Lamar Hunt, the owner of the Kansas City football team. The daughter of H. L. Hunt is a Mrs. Hill who is active in right-wing political activities. Mrs. Connell described Mrs. Hill as being in her late 40's or early 50's. (It is entirely possible that Mrs. Hill is the mother of Thomas Hill, a former Dallas man in his mid-20's who now lives in Belmont, Massachusetts, and works as an organizer there for the John Birch Society. Thomas Hill was a leader in the John Birch Society in Dallas before he went to Belmont. Thomas Hill's name appeared in Jack Ruby's notebook and may have been taken down when Ruby photographed the "Impeach Earl Warren" sign.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Richards Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 That's very interesting, David. The physical description certainly fits John Martino. Do you happen to know (or is mentioned anywhere) what kind of car Odio's brother owned and is there any indication what month is being referred to in 1963? Cheers, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Hancock Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Dave, I would have a hard time thinking that was Martino for a variety of reasons - I do know there are a number of interviews relating to who Sylvia was contacting to try to buy guns for Rey and Jure. She was far more active in that early in 63 than is picked up in most discussion and even met with Rey's people about during a visit to some of her relatives that year (either Puerto Rico or the DR, forget which without looking it up). I would more likely think that it was a contact through some of those people than Martino, hard to think that Sylvia's sister who attended Martino's speech and told Sylvia bout their family being mentioned by Martino would not know if Martino was a close friend in Dallas. Also I have certainly turned up nothing that would indicate Martino driving to Dallas in 1963, if he did his family didn't know about it and incidentally they said he stayed at home most of the time except for his speeches and the Tilt mission, not unusual for someone just out of a Castro prison. ....don't have an ID for you but doubt that it was Martino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Boylan Posted November 3, 2004 Author Share Posted November 3, 2004 Thanks guys. I'll just chalk it up to one of those coincidences. Kind of like Earl Ruby calling Thomas Hill in Belmont, MA. HL Hunt's nefew. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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