The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 10

-FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1978 TIIE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAGE 10- CantweJI Trial Witness Reports Effort To Alter Her Testimony jpfr ---4 II I1M i I 1 v-. jr. t- Mullin, one of Cantwell's attorneys. Miss Haves admitted that other persons in her neighborhood said they had killed Miss Jones.

In other testimony, Indianapolis Police Chief Eugene Gallagher testified that he met with Miss Hayes last May because he had been informed that she was afraid to testify in the murder trial. GALLAGHER SAID Miss Hayes told him she was afraid of Cantwell's father, Paul Cantwell, a Democrat member of the City-County Council. Under questioning by Mullin, Gallagher denied politics played any part in the police department's investigation into the murder. Gallagher, who was appointed by Mayor William H. Hudnut, a Republican, admitted that police were at "arm's length" at one time with the prosecutor's office over the handling of the case.

Marion County Prosecutor James F. Kelley is a Democrat. The chief denied he participated personally in investigations of the case because a Democrat was involved. He said he became involved because Miss Hayes had expressed fear about testifying. lives near the Cantwell home, 2346 South Keystone Avenue, testified she was a friend of Cantwell's and heard him admit to the murder Nov.

1. She said she was standing in the kitchen of Cantwell's home with Cantwell and several other persons when the defendant said, "I wrapped it around her neck and squeezed," she said. Under questioning by Deputy Prosecutor George Martz, Miss Hayes said she later was interviewed by Charles Keenan, a private investigator hired by the law firm representing Cantwell, who "asked her to change" her statement to police when she appeared before the Marion County Grand Jury. KEENAN LATER testifed he had not tried to influence the witness in any way. Miss Hayes said she could not recall exactly what portion of the statement she gave to police Keenan asked her to change.

Miss Hayes also said Keenan approached her while she was waiting to appear before the grand jury and urged her not to forget to mention that Cantwell "was kidding" when he made the statement about killing Miss Jones. Under cross-examination by Owen M. By ROB SCHNEIDER ST NOW I ARf A (EPORT Greenfield, Ind. A 16-year-old witness in the murder trial of Daniel F. Cantwell testified Thursday in Hancock Superior Court she was urged to change the statement she gave police by a private investigator for a law firm representing Cantwell.

Cantwell, 21, is charged with the Nov. 1, 1977, strangulation slaying of Ruth Jones, 26, in an apartment she had rented at 1702 Bradbury Avenue. He has pleaded not guilty and is free on $30,000 bail. Jury selection in the murder trial was ordered delayed from Monday to Wednesday by Judge Richard T. Payne to allow the court time to hear pre-trial motions filed by Cantwell's attorneys.

THE TESTIMONY Thursday was presented in support of the Marion County Prosecutor's motion seeking the restriction of the availability of witnesses on the alleged grounds they have been harassed by representatives and relatives of the defendant. The motion was denied The witness, Tammy Hayes, 16. who Ape Over Television Officials of the Atlanta Zoological Society hope the sad expression on the face of Willie the 450-pound, 20-year-old gorilla at the zoo, will disappear when someone donates a used television set to him. Researchers say primates enjoy television as much as humans. Willie B.

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