Alfred Trenkler Innocent Committee

Lives of Alfred W. Trenkler, Thomas L. Shay and Thomas A. Shay and Case Chronology

1956, 6 Feb.	Alfred William Trenkler born to Alfred Maximilian (Freddie) Trenkler and Josephine Barnum Trenkler, both stars in the Ice Capades; and they lived at 239 Central Avenue, Milton, Massachusetts, exactly one mile from the birthplace of George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the U.S. (See commemorative plate with image of Freddie Trenkler routine. Also, see his obituary in the New York Times.)
1957, 8 Sept	Freddie Trenkler appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, along with others from the "Ice Capades," and singer Paul Anka, Jimmie Rodgers and Della Reese.
1960	Mother and father divorced. His father then married Gigi Jelberte, also a skater with the "Ice Capades," and they moved to California. They had two daughters, Alfred's half-sisters, Margaret and Pamela.
1961, Nov.	Mother married John (Jack) Wallace.
1962, July	The Wallaces and Alfred W. Trenkler moved to 7 Whitelawn Ave., Milton.
1962 - 1969	Alfred attended Milton Academy in Milton, Mass. from the first through 6th grade.

1966
28 Mar.	Nancy Peters and Thomas L. Shay married.

1968
12 Aug	Alfred Trenkler earns a "marksmanship" award from the National Rifle Assn.

1969
19 June	Milton Academy 6th grade teacher Roy Patterson (known affectionately as "Sir Patterson") writes letter to Alfred Trenkler (who just finished 6th grade), "I have more time now and want to tell you how very much I appreciated your expert help [with the sound system for a school play]... Do keep up your interest in the subject [electronics], learn all you can about it, and who knows what success you may achieve one day!"
1969 - 1971	Alfred Trenkler attended Park School in Brookline, Mass. for 7th and 8th grade. See his Certificates for Baseball, Wrestling and Soccer.

1971
Sept	Alfred Trenkler attended Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass. beginning in 9th grade, and graduated in 1975.
3 Nov 1971	Thomas Arthur Shay born (birth certificate) to Thomas Leroy Shay and Nancy N. Shay. Thomas A. Shay is called "Shay, Jr." in many government and court papers, but he was not a "Jr." and is also called "Thomas A. Shay" and "Tom Shay" on this website. Thomas L. Shay is called "Shay, Sr." in investigative and court papers. (Thus, Thomas A. Shay was 15 years younger than Alfred Trenkler. See spreadsheet for their respective ages throughout this chronology. His older siblings were half-sisters Jean (now Maguire) (2/24/63), and Amy (now Lenar) (D.O.B. 1/3/65), and sisters Nancy Shay (1/7/67), and Paula Shay (12/13/68).

1974
27 June	Alfred completed American Red Cross "Standard First Aid and Personal Safety" course. See Certification Card issued by the Milton Police Dept.

1975
7 June 1975	Alfred Trenkler graduated from Thayer Academy. See Graduation Program and his yearbook page, and his diploma.
1975, Sept.	Alfred Trenkler began freshman year at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.

1977
1977, 26 Mar.	Playing with matches, Thomas A Shay, age 5 1/2, set fire to his home, which destroyed the home. He and his parents and three sisters lost all their possessions and were forced to moved to temporary housing at the Ramada Inn in Brighton.
1977, 31 Mar.	Thomas A. Shay, ("Tommy"), age 5 and-a-half, was admitted to Ward D in the Children's unit at Metropolitan State Hospital "following an evaluation for fire setting". See Boston Fire Department Report. According to a later report, he was burning his Teddy Bear. His mother thought the admission was for a 10-day evaluation, but Tommy was not released to his parents until five months later. One month previous, he had 15 teeth extracted due to periodontic infection.
1977, June	Alfred Trenkler graduated from Wentworth Institute, with a 2-year Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering. See his Associates Degree in Applied Science Diploma and Institue for Engineering Technicians Certificate.

1978
1978-1979	Alfred begins work at Analog Devices in Norwood, Mass.

1979
29 May	Thomas L. Shay brings his son, Thomas A. Shay to the Milton Police Dept. to seek help with son's firesetting. See Milton P.D. report.
Dec	Alfred completes extension course at Northeastern. See CLE Northeastern certificate for course: Microprocessor

1980
1980 - 1985	Alfred Trenkler worked as freelance engineer for Boston Catholic Television/Television and Production Services (BCTV/TPS)
26 Sept.	Milton Police Dept arrest Thomas A Shay for pulling fire alarms in Blue Hill area.
28 Nov	Thomas A. Shay engages in a rock fight with other boys and is knocked unconscious, and is taken to a hospital.
Dec.	Thomas A. Shay, age 9, notified police that a person was drowning at Wollaston Beach. "After many hours of active search, the police were informed that Tommy sometimes makes up stories."

1981
19 Sept	Milton Police arrest Thomas A Shay for pulling a false alarm
19 Dec.	Milton Police Dept: Thomas A Shay victim of claimed robbery at Jordan Marsh in Boston. Further inquiry revealed that there were no parents at home in Milton with the teenage children, and Tommy, age 10.

1982
13 Jan.	Milton Police report re theft of jewelry at 28 Belvoir, 1st Floor, Milton by Thomas A. Shay. Thomas Shay lived upstairs on the 2d floor with his sisters.
29 Jan.	Thomas A. Shay, age 10, was admitted for a 90-day diagnostic stay to the residential Nazareth Child Care Center in Jamaica Plain, and assigned to the Fatima Cottage.
1982	Thomas L. Shay involved in auto accident and settled claim for $100,000. See 29 October 1991 report by Sgt Spellman of phone interview with atty Thomas J Freedman re: Shay lawsuit v. Dedham Service Center.

1984
22 Mar	An evaluation of Thomas A. Shay, age 12, at the Nazareth Center, "On several occasions, Tom had 'serious' discussions about his problems with staff which turned out to be largely lies and fantasy. Tommy has acknowledged that he lies, telling people what he thinks they want to hear. He often asks, "Do you still like me?' "
15 May	Thomas A Shay admitted to Bournewood Hospital, Brookline and remained there until 19 October 1984, when he was discharged to his father's care. At this time, his mother's address, after being separated from Thomas L. Shay since 3 November 1981, was at 26 Belvoir Road in Milton, approximately 1.5 miles from 7 Whitelawn Avenue, the home of Alfred Trenkler, but they were not to meet until their fateful chance encounter in Boston in the Summer of 1991.
1 Nov.	Thomas A. Shay, age 12, was placed with the Spaulding Youth Center in New Hampshire and lived there until his discharge on 25 July 1986 with that school's recommendation that he be placed in another locked facility.

1985

1986
1986-1989	Alfred Trenkler founded and operated microwave antenna and communications company, AWT Associates.
22 July	Concord NH Police report Thomas A Shay in stolen jeep
25 July	Thomas A. Shay placed in the Gaebler Unit, Metropolitan State Hospital, Waltham for a 10 day evaluation "under Section 12".
5 Aug	Thomas A. Shay placed at Fuller Memorial Hospital, South Attleboro for 30 day psychological evaluation.
1 Sept.	Explosion of M-21 Hoffman Artillery Simulator in Quincy, with device connected to batteries and switch by Alfred, at the request of his friend, Donna Shea, who supplied the M-21. Ironically, the device was originally owned by the owners of the fish market where Donna Shea worked, and who owned the truck to which the device was later attached for detonation. Those owners had given it to David Noonan, the father of Todd Leach. From there it was left in the garage of Mary Ann Leach, who gave it to her sister, Donna Shea. It "caused no injuries and little property damage". (Quote from Circuit Court Judge Stahl in 18 July 1995 appeal decision.) See handwritten Quincy Police Report by Peter Turowski. See rekeyed Word version of the first three pages of handwritten report. See Mass. Dept of Public Safety 20 November 1986 report on device. See Alfred Trenkler's explanation of the origin of the idea and the quick assembly and explosion of the device.
Sept-Oct	Thomas A. Shay, age 14, at Fuller Memorial Hospital in So. Attleboro, Mass.
Oct.	Thomas L. Shay involved in auto accident and settled claim for $22,000. See 29 October 1991 report by Sgt Spellman of phone interview with atty Thomas J Freedman re: Shay lawsuit v. Dedham Service Center.
27 Oct.	Thomas A. Shay, age 14, admitted to residential program at The Baird Center in Plymouth. One report noted, "Of utmost concern is that Tom has once again spread an admittedly false story that he was touched inappropriately by an adult."

1987
27 Oct.	"...when he [Thomas A. Shay] reported another [___] student had a gun and bullets on [ ____ ] grounds. Tom insisted he saw a gun. After an intense investigation by the [_____] Police and [___] staff it was evident that Tom had not told the truth. At the time Tom absolutely insisted he saw a gun. There are numerous incidents of Tom grossly exaggerating what he saw or experienced." By this time, Thomas A. Shay was 15 years old and had not lived at home with either parent for about 10 years.
30 Oct.	Explosion of an M-80 firecracker or cherry bomb or short stick of dynamite at the Dedham Service Center, where Thomas L. Shay rented space to work on customers' automobiles. Subsequently, Thomas L. Shay filed a lawsuit against the Service Center for damages. See 30 August 1990, below.
7 Dec.	Thomas A. Shay accepted into the non-residential Compass program in Jamaica Plain.

1988
7 -20 June	From four Boston Police Dept. reports, Thomas L. Shay reported that his son, Thomas A. Shay was missing and then returned and then was missing again and suspected of stealing money from father, Thomas L. Shay.
23 June	Thomas A. Shay's discharged from the Compass School in Jamaica Plain, due to non-attendance and fabricating of stories.
20 Sept.	Thomas A. Shay, age 16, admitted to the Psychiatric Center at the University of Mass. Medical Center in Westboro, Mass. for evaluation.
Sept.	Thomas A. Shay admitted to the Boston Cluster Program in Dorchester, part of the New England Home for Little Wanderers, for evaluation. Stated to have an extra Y chromosome.
11 Nov	Thomas A. Shay, age 17, is a driver in an auto collision in Manchester, New Hampshire. He is arrested for auto theft. See Manchester NH Police Reports
20 Dec	Thomas A. Shay's Social Worker, and legal guardian, Ron Payne, reports that Shay is missing. See Boston Police Dept. report.

1989
1989 through Feb. 1991	Alfred Trenkler worked at Ashley Telecommunications (ATEL) installing and repairing two-radios for ATEL customers.
1989 through June 1991	Thomas A. Shay believed to be in Florida and/or Washington State. He returned to Boston, perhaps at the behest of his father, Thomas L. Shay to assist with a deposition in his father's lawsuit against the owners of a garage where he worked. See Alfred Trenkler's 9 June 2006 letter on his non-relationship with Thomas A. Shay during these years.
4 Feb	Boston Police Dept report of Thomas A Shay and prostitution
29 March	Ron Payne, DSS Social Worker and now Legal Guardian of Thomas A. Shay, requests copies of evaluations from Westboro State Hospital for use in application for placement of Thomas A. Shay with the U.S. Job Corps.
22 May	Thomas A. Shay, age 17, arrested for auto theft in Milton and committed to Bridgewater State Hospital for observation and evaluation of mental capacity. Quincy District Court sentenced Shay to 6 months in jail, suspended.
2 July	Thomas A. Shay arrested in Boston for being a "common nightwalker". See Boston P.D. report.
5 July	Thomas A Shay arrested for habitual walking of streets, i.e. prostitution.
19 Aug	Milton Police Dept and the MBTA Police Dept report larceny of an MBTA badge from Deborah Jenness at 28 Belvoir Rd. She was the roommate of one of Thomas A. Shay's sisters.

1990
25 April	Thaoms A. Shay arrested for driving without compulsory insurance, and for giving a false name to a police officer. See report. Fined $500. Default warrant was issued in case on 10 February 1992.
18 June	Eighteen year old Thomas A. Shay appears on Boston television, WBZ-TV, program "People are Talking", hosted by Tom Bergeron, (who hosts in 2006 the national program, "Dancing with the Stars"). The segment of "People are Talking" on which appeared Thomas A. Shay featured the issue of being a gay teenager. His mother was on the program, but Shay stated on camera that his father would learn about his son's sexual orientation only if he chanced to see the program.
26 June	An ATEL customer, Ray Collins from Telewave in Mountain View, Calif., writes Alfred a complimentary response to a business proposal. It begins, "I am satisfied that you have done your home work, and have an excellent concept on what is required for a good system design."
28 Aug.	Thomas A. Shay is implicated in the theft of valuables and cash from the home of M. Turner in Los Angeles, who had befriended Shay; but had left him at his home unattended while away. See Report of the Los Angeles Police Dept.
30 Aug.	Thomas L. Shay files a complaint to initiate his lawsuit against the Dedham Service Center where he had an autobody business as a tenant. Specifically, the suit was against Jeffrey Berry and Berr-Giam, the trust owned by Berry and Anthony Giammarco. The suit was to recover damages for injuries suffered from the explosition at the Dedham Service Center on 30 October 1987 (See above.)
2 Sept	Thomas A. Shay case of Possession of Stolen Property in Seattle, Washington. Dismissed on 20 November 1990.
13 Nov	Thomas A. Shay arrested for making bomb threat at Back Bay MBTA Station in Boston. See MBTA Bomb Threat at Back Bay Station allegedly by Thomas A Shay and Arrest Sheet and MBTA Booking Photo of Thomas A. Shay.
December	William David Lindholm convicted in case US v. Lindholm, 1:90-cr-10080-DPW-ALL and sentenced to 97 months.

1991
6 Feb.	Alfred Trenkler's 35th birthday.
28 Feb	Thomas A. Shay arrested for making a false report of rape and kidnapping after a consensual, but dispute-ridden, sexual encounter in Broward County, Florida. See Pompano Beach Police Report. Convicted on 1 March 1991.
19 March	Thomas L. Shay filed a "Business Certificate" with the City of Boston to do business as "Shay Auto Body and Automotive"at 90 Spring Street, West Roxbury, Mass. However, he only worked there for a few months as he had been receiving Social Security disability payments since 1989.
19 March	Quincy District Court issues Arrest Warrant Thomas A. Shay for violation of probation
23 April	Thomas L. Shay filed an Amended Complaint in his lawsuit against the Dedham Service Center, Jeffrey Berry and Anthony Giammarco. See original Complaint, above, at 30 August 1990.
June through Nov.	Alfred formed ARCOMM, for Advanced Research Communications in preparation for large contract with the Christian Science Monitor Publishing Society.
13 May	Thomas L. Shay reported to the police (See INCIDENT REPORT) that a car followed him for an extended period of time. He recorded the license plate, which was later traced to a Mark Griffin of 60 Kilsyth Road, Brookline.
June	On his way home from a late night service call for the radios of a tow truck operator in Boston, Alfred Trenkler stopped at the "White Hen Pantry" convenience store at 1252 Boylston Street, Boston, a block south of Fenway Park, and saw that a young man was asking for a ride to Dorchester. Alfred was going in that direction on his way to his home in Quincy, and it was about 2 a.m. with the low likelihood of other rides, so he offered Thomas A. Shay a ride home. The 35 year old Alfred Trenkler was 5 foot 4 inches, and Thomas A. Shay was 19.
June	During the month of June, Alfred Trenkler chanced to see Thomas A. Shay on two more occasions and gave him two rides: to Randall Stoller's in Attleboro, and to Shay's mother's home in Quincy. See one page summary of Alfred's 1991 contacts(.pdf) with Thomas A. Shay, and as rekeyed MS-Word file. See also 17 page detailed statement of those contacts, and other parts of 1991 chronology(.pdf). See also rekeyed MS-Word copy.
27 June	Alfred Trenkler is injured in an auto accident, which requires chiropractic treatment for his back. See Chiropractor diagnosis and treatment information.
July	The "Roslindale Bomb" was built by Bomb Maker (as s/he is called here) sometime after July 1991, which has known because a fragment of the July 1991 issue of Muscle Mag International was found at the scene of the explosion at 39 Eastbourne Street and it was determined to have been part of the bomb packaging. See Final Report of Defense expert witness Denny Kline, which was introduced as an Exhibit at the November 1993 trial. Alfred Trenkler has never purchased, subscribed nor read nor seen a copy of that magazine.
July	Alfred Trenkler came across Thomas A. Shay when Alfred was in Boston to pick up his roommate, John Cates at Cates' work at Fleet Bank on Boylston Street. When Alfred was in front of the Hynes Auditorium, Thomas A. Shay waved him over and jumped into his car. Alfred drove him a few blocks further to where Cates was waiting, and Shay jumped out and Cates entered the car. This was Shay's last ride in Alfred's car.
July-Aug.	In his 13 September deposition, (See below), Thomas A. Shay said that he lived with a Bill Smith on 5th Avenue in New York for one month, before his two weeks with Russ Bonanno in South Dartmouth.
August	Since their first meeting by chance in June, Alfred Trenkler saw Thomas A. Shay only two times in June, and once in July and each time by happenstance. In the first two weeks of August, and in the company of John Cates and Tom Tompson, Alfred encountered Shay at the 1252 Boylston Street White Hen Pantry for the last time. He gave Shay his business card, because Shay had deceitfully told Alfred that he had a friend at a potential customer (WBCN radio) who was interested in Alfred's antenna work. That business card had Alfred's pager number and Shay called it many times. Later in August, because of the frequent calls, Alfred called Thomas A. Shay once and only once. It was the only call he ever made to Tom Shay, and it was to tell him to stop calling him.
21 Aug.	William David Lindholm was sentenced to 97 months in prison for drug sales and distribution. Pursuant to the one year limit of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) he was eligible to obtain a reduction of his sentence by assisting the Government in the investigation and prosecution of criminals until 21 August 1992.
Late Aug.	Thomas A. Shay stated in his deposition (below, 13 Sept.) that he had been living in Dartmouth, Mass., with Russ Bonanno for the two weeks prior to the deposition.
13 Sept.	Thomas A. Shay gives 157 page deposition in his father's civil lawsuit vs. Jeffrey S. Berry and Ber-Giam, Inc. See also 16-page summary of deposition prepared by an unknown person,.
22 Sept.	According to the 22 January 1992 ATF-reported interview by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly and ATF Special Agent Jeff Kerr, with Russell Bonanno, Thomas A. Shay stopped living at Bonanno's home on this date. Later, Thomas A. Shay asked for Bonanno's help in an undated letter from jail, where he noted, "You are the only friend I have got on this case. Don't let me down."
27, 28 Sept.	Alfred Trenkler work schedule for two days (Friday/Saturday) for Christian Science project. [note: both days were misdated on the original.]
29 Sept.	Alfred Trenkler work schedule for this day (Sunday) for Christian Science project.
9 Oct., Wed.	AWT: "I drive John Cates to work. Leave Boston and meet Richard Brown at his 35 Arnold Road residence. We traveled in his car to look at some office space. Upon locating space, 82 Broad Street, we traveled to Tom Peters, the owner, and gave him four months' deposit, $1,500. At the end of the day I left to meet my roommate John Cates at Chiropractor and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St., Quincy.)" [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
10 Oct., Thurs.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work. Then went to the Weyouth office where I met Robert Distasio, Nurdan Cagdus and Richard Brown. We began to clean the office, broke for lunch. Then went to Grossman's to pick up tools and painting supplies and began removing floor tiles. At the end of the day, I left to pick up John Cates in Boston and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
11 Oct., Fri.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work. Then went to the Weymouth office where I met Nurdan Cagdos, Robert Distasio and Richard Brown. We continued stripping the floor tiles. At the end of the day, I left to pick up John Cates in Boston and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
12 Oct., Sat	Thomas L. Shay invited his son, Tom, to come to the Seabrook, NH, Dog Racing with the father and several of his friends in a rented van or bus. The neglected son was delighted and afterward the day at the races, they returned to Mr. Shay's club in the South End. So happy was Tommy, that he wrote a note to Mr. Shay, " Dad, thanks for a real fun time. I hope that we can do this more often. I hope that we can do this more often. It's like old times, being here with the guys and you. I will go over a friend's house tonight and go home tomorrow. I can walk from here. dad thanks, 'for being my dad again'. I will call about David's car tomorrow and will see you Thursday around ... I will see you Thursday or Wednesday, see you, love Tommy." Mr. Shay read a few words, and put it into his car ashtray.
12 Oct., Sat.	AWT: "Left John Cates' house and went to office. With Nurdan Cagdos, Rich Brown, Robert and Steven Distasio, loaded flooring tiles into Steven Distasio's truck for dumping. Began removing ceiling tiles for painting. We also started to paint all of the trim in the office. I left to pick up John Cates at the Braintree T and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
13 Oct., Sun.	AWT: "I left John Cates' house at 4:30 a.m. and went to Christian Science Monitor and checked in at approx. 4:45 a.m. Also met Rich Brown, Nurdan Cagdus, Chip Brown and Wiggins Airways. We finished the helicopter lift about 8:00 a.m. and left the site about 9:__ a.m. I left and went back to John Cates' house for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992] See photos of Christian Science Project: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
14 Oct., Mon.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work. Then went to the Weymouth office where I met Rich Brown, Nurdan Cagdus and his friend. We continued painting the trim for the office and started patching all holes in the walls. I left to pick up John Cates in Boston and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
15 Oct., Tues.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work. Then went to the Weymouth office where I met Rich Brown and Nurdan Cagdus. We finished the trim for the office and began to skim coat the walls. I left to pick up John Cates in Boston and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
16 Oct., Wed.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work. Then went to the Weymouth Office and met Nurdan Cagdus and friend. Our paint sprayer broke so we all went to the Wagner Paint Store in Medford to get replacement parts. We returned and continued to paint. I left to meet John Cates at the Chiropractor (Daly Chiropractic) for therapy. Then left for home with John Cates for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
17 Oct., Thurs.	AWT: "I left John Cates's house at 6:30 a.m. and went to the Weymouth office and met Nurdan Cagdus at 7:00 a.m. We left Weymouth and went to meet David Fardy from the Design Shop at Christian Science Monitor at 7:00 a.m. [sic] We completed the job at 3:30 p.m. I left with Nurdan Cagdus and drove him back to Weymouth. Then left for Boston to pick up John Cates at work and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992] See Alfred's one page summary of that day.
18 Oct., Fri.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work. Then went to the Weymouth office and met with Rich Brown, Nurdan Cagdus and friend and began to paint the ceiling tiles. I left to pick up John Cates at work and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992] See Nurdan Cagdus handwritten 5 June 1993 statement of his recollection of his and ARCOMM work on 17 and 18 October 1991.
18 Oct.	An unknown person, recorded as "S A H Y JYT", and allegedly Thomas A. Shay, purchased a toggle switch, 4 AA batteries, a lightbulb and lightbulb holder and two plastic work boxes at the Radio Shack store at 197 Massachuetts Avenue in Boston near where Alfred's project at the Christian Science Mother Church. See receipt. However, Alfred Trenkler was not at that worksite on that day, as he was with Nurdan Cagdus, Steven Distasio, Richard Brown and the newly-retained accountant for ARCOMM at the Broad Street office in Weymouth on that day. He had been at the Church on the 17th, and was there again on the 19th.
19 Oct., Sat.	AWT: "Left John Cates' house and went to Whitelawn Ave. to pick up telephone equipment. Left Milton and went to Weymouth office and met Nurdan Cagdus and Rich Brown. We painted ceiling tracking and finished painting the ceiling tiles. I left to pick up John Cates at the Braintree T and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
20 Oct., Sun.	AWT: "Spent the day with John Cates. Went out to eat at the Egg and I did laundry, went food shopping at Stop and Shop and took the dog for a walk. Went home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
21 Oct., Mon.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work and returned to Richard Brown's house (35 Arnold Road Quincy) and met Richard Brown, Nurdan Cagdus and friend. We loaded up the rented van (CK# 1116, $141.85) with equipment for Channel 68. We then traveled to Channel 68 and dropped off the equipment. Then we went to Christian Science Monitor to remove the scaffolding from the roof and the lumber form the dish lift. From there we went to Marr Scaffolding to return the scaffolding. Then went to Weymouth office. Nurdan Cagdus and myself remained at office while Rich Brown and laborer went to pick up the carpet for the office. Nurdan and I started to sand the skim coated walls. Rich Brown and laborer returned with carpet. We helped to offload the carpet. At end of day left to pick up John Cates at work and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
22 Oct., Tues.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work and returned to the Weymouth office and met Rich Brown. We went over plans for Spector Metals (for VIDEOCOM). Then left to meet with Brian Spector of Spector Metals to go over costs and timetable for VIDEOCOM mount. We left Spector Metals and went back to the office and met Nurdan Cagdus. We started to paint the walls of the office. At the end of the day I left to pick up John Cates at work and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
23 Oct., Wed.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work and returned to the office and met Nurdan Cagdus, Rich Brown, and laborer. We finished painting the walls and painted the pipes in the office and replaced the ceiling tiles. We then cut the carpet for the floor of the office. At the end of the day I left to pick up John Cates at work and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
24 Oct., Thurs.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work. then went to the Weymouth office. Met with Rich Brown, Nurdan Cagdus and laborer and laid down carpet tacks. Then clued carpet together. I then did paperwork for the duration, as the crew did some touch up work on the paint. At the end of the day, I left to pick up John Cates at work and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
25 Oct., Fri.	AWT: "I drove John Cates to work. Then went to the Weymouth office. I met Rich Brown and Jude Fredette to show her around the office and started her on filing. Chris Punis came by to give his estimate for painting the front of the office. Rich Brown then wrote Chris a check for $150.00 (Ck #1137). Rich Brown and myself went to Staples (Ck #1133), BJ's (CK #1134) and the Shawmut Bank (CK #1136) in Quincy. We went back to the office and met Nurdan Cagdus and paid him $40.00 (CK #1135). I left the office to pick up John Cates at work and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
26 Oct., Sat.	AWT: "I left John Cates' house at 9:00 a.m. for Whitelawn Ave. to pick up tools, paperwork and telephone equipment and then went to the office. Nurdan Cagdus arrived and scraped inside of windows and vacuumed new carpet. I installed the directional antenna on the roof and ran the transmission cable into the office. I painted the floor of the back room. I installed the phone system also. Chris Punis arrived, and started to scrape and prime the front of the office. I then left and picked up John Cates at the Braintree T and went home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
27 Oct., Sun.	AWT: "Spent day with John Cates. We left house around 12:00 p.m. to eat at the Egg and I where I saw, and said hello to, Officer Flannagan of the Quincy Police Department who was also dining. We left there and went shopping at Stop and Shop in Quincy. Then went to the laundromat. After laundry we took the dog for a walk. Then spent the duration at home. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992]
27 Oct.	On this Sunday morning Thomas L. Shay, father of Thomas A. Shay, found a wood-encased device, wrapped in duct tape, in his driveway at his home at 39 Eastbourne St. after it allegedly fell from underneath his 1986 Buick. See Boston Police drawing of site. See report of Sgt. Thomas Creavin, who was at the explosion. Sgt. Creavin reported that Mr. Shay stated that "after backing his Buick out of the driveway he obsrved the black box in his driveway, picked up the box and tossed it on the grass adjacent to the house. Later that Sunday he had talked with friends who suggested that the box in question might contain a bomb. On Monday morning, Mr. Shay stated that he feared that if the box did contain a bomb, it would damage the house, therefore he picked up the box, carried it to the driveway and threw it between the truck and car."
28 Oct., Mon.	AWT: "Left John Cates' house at 8:00 a.m. and met Nurdan Cagdus at the Weymouth Office. We loaded up my car with tools and left about 6:30 a.m. We left the office and went to Channel 68 on Soldiers' Field Road, Brighton and met David Fardy from the Design Shop with his laborer, about 7:00 a.m. We completed the job at 3:30 p.m. I left Channel 68 with Nurdan Cagdus and took him back to the office, and was paid $200.00 (CK # ____) I then left to pick up John Cates at work and returned home for the duration. (133 Atlantic St. Quincy)." [handwritten version for dates 10/9 through 10/28 written in 1992] See Alfred's one page handwritten summary of his day. See another typewritten version. See photo of Nurdan Cagdus depositing check in South Boston, which confirms that part of Alfred's summary of his activity during that day.
28 Oct 11:45	Thomas L. Shay came to the Boston Police Dept Area E-5 HQ and reported a metal box in his driveway. He was advised to return home and that someone would soon be there to investigate. See Report of Detective Maloney to Lt. McNelley.
28 Oct., Mon.	The "Roslindale bomb" exploded, and mortally wounded Boston Police Bomb squad officer, Jeremiah J. Hurley, Jr. and severely wounded fellow officer Francis X. Foley. See Interview, as .pdf or Word file, of Boston Police Officer Denise Kraft (later Corbett) for first hand description of what happened at 39 Eastbourne Street.
29 Oct., Tues.	Police interview Thomas A. Shay, who told them that he understood that if his father won his civil lawsuit, he would have enough money to purchase a $250,000 car. (See Boston Globe 10 July 1993 story of testimony of police detective, Miller Thomas.) [By this theory of the motive of the crime, Thomas A. Shay is presumed to have forgotten the existence of his three sisters and one half-sister.]
29 Oct	Boston Police obtain Search Warrants for 1986 Buick Century and for other cars and locations at 39 Eastbourne, along with consents to Search by Thomas L. Shay and Mary Flanagan.
30 Oct., Wed.	Alfred Trenkler first learned about the explosion at Thomas L. Shay's home at 39 Eastbourne Street. Alfred was waiting for an appointment in a chiropractor's office when he saw a newspaper article with Thomas A. Shay's photo. It may have been the article "MOTIVE FOR ROSLINDALE BOMBING SOUGHT", on page 1 of that day's "Metro" section of the Boston Globe. See the Statement/Invoice from Daly Chiropractic showing date of "Chiropractic Manipulation" on this day. See 27 June 1991, above, re: Alfred Trenkler's injury from traffic accident.
31 Oct., Thurs.	Thomas A. Shay, 19 years old, held a press conference at the Boston Trailways bus terminal, and expressed the belief that the bomb was intended for him. See Boston Police report of event. See also Transcript of press conference.
31 Oct.	Thomas A. Shay draws an object, ostensibly of a bomb or a triggering device with "batteries" and "on" and "off" buttons. Detective Fogerty signed the drawing.
31 Oct.	Thomas L. Shay, through his attorney, sought a protective order in his case against the Dedham Service Center, to ensure the privacy of his medical records as his medical claims were part of that lawsuit and as public interest in Thomas L. Shay increased after the 28 October explosion.
1 Nov.	Thomas A. Shay arrested and jailed in Norfolk County Jail in Dedham, on charges unrelated to "Roslindale bomb", the failure to appear in court for charges of receiving stolen goods and for various motor vehicle charges. Boston Police served a warrant for his arrest as well. From this arrest, the police obtained Thomas A. Shay's address book(sorted by first name), and they began contacting many of the people listed therein. Alfred Trenkler's name was in that book.
1 Nov.	Thomas A. Shay interviewed by Detectives Miller Thomas and William Fogerty. Shay is quoted as saying that on 30 November 1990 a man was hassling him in the men's room at the Back Bay Train Station, so Shay called in a bomb threat which forced the evacuation of the men's room.
2 Nov.	Jeremiah J. Hurley, Jr. funeral. See Program for funeral, with Cardinal Bernard Law presiding
4 Nov.	Thomas A. Shay, 20 years old, upon his birthday the previous day, was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on a 1989 prostitution charge. Also at that hearing, he was charged with making a phoned bomb threat to the MBTA Back Bay Station on 13 November 1990.
5 Nov.	Louis Richard D.J. Giammarco was given a polygraph examination by David L. Filion. He answered "No" to the following three questions: 1. Did you plan with anyone to cause that explosion? 2. Did you plan with anyone to cause that explosion in Roslindale on October 28? 3. Do you know for sure who made that explosive device? The Examiner then concluded that "The examinee was deceptive in his responses to the above relevant questions," and that the results of the test were discussed with ATF supervisor Victor Palaza and Boston Police Lt. Peter O'Malley.
5 Nov.	Agents from the Boston office of the U.S. Division of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and from the Boston Police Dept. at his office and home as they had been advised by the Quincy police of the 1986 explosion of the M-21 Hoffman artillery simulator, which had been given to Alfred by Donna Shea, and to which he attached electrical and switch components. The ATF report stated: "Trenkler, an expert in electronics, denied any knowledge relative to this investigation, and agreed to take a polygraph examination which was subsequently scheduled for November 7, 1991." The Boston Police Report reported on its stakeout of the ARCOMM office and subsequent interview of Alfred Trenkler. After following him to his home at 133 Atlantic Street, Quincy, and also noted that Alfred Trenkler agreed to take a lie detector test. See List of Items taken from the ARCOMM office by Special Agent Dennis Leahy. Also a sample of carpet was taken from Alfred Trenkler's car to check for evidence of residue from dynamite, but all tests were negative.
6 Nov.	Alfred Trenkler called Quincy attorney, Martin Cosgrove. "On November 6, 1991, Trenkler notified ATF that, at the direction of his counsel, he was cancelling the aforementioned polygraph examination." (From that initial ATF report, above)
6 Nov.	Dan Goldrick, a fellow inmate with Thomas A. Shay in the writes a to the Norfolk County House of Correction, writes a letter to the Boston Police about Shay's statements about his father's and his uncle's possible roles in the bomb explosion.
7 Nov.	Alfred met with Quincy attorney, Martin Cosgrove.
Nov. 1991 to Dec. 1992	Alfred established the company, Advanced Telecommunications Network Systems (ATNS) to continue his work with the Christian Science Monitor Publishing society. See Alfred's summary of his business work in 1991, including financial information. See his business card. See the two-page summary of his work with Ed Alvaro of Channel 25 WFXT-TV.
8 Nov.	Thomas A. Shay was sentenced to 30 days in jail for violation of previous probation agreement arising out of a 1989 guilty plea for operating a stolen car.
11 Nov.	Francis X. Foley returned home from hospital.
12 Nov.	$50,000 reward offered by the Boston Patrolmen's Association together with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) for information leading to arrest and conviction of persons responsible for the "Roslindale bomb." See the *13 Nov. Boston Globe* and Boston Herald articles about the reward and the Statement by BPPA President Donald Murray.**
15 Nov.	ATF interviewed Donna Shea, an acquaintance of Alfred Trenkler, and the person who asked him in 1986 to connect the M21 Hoffman Artillery simulator to a battery and remote switch. See ATF Report.
19 Nov.	ATF interviewed Josephine Wallace, mother of Alfred W. Trenkler, at her home at 7 Whitelawn Avenue, Milton. See ATF Report
19 Nov.	ATF interviewed William Cody of Dexer Corporation, Magnets Division, who stated that the only distributor for blue Button Magnets, as used in the "Roslindale Bomb" was Edmund Scientific Company in New Jersey.
21 Nov.	Thomas A. Shay is admitted to Bridgewater State Hospital for a competency evaluation, i.e. whether he is mentally competent to stand trial on state charges of falsely reporting a bomb threat. See 24 December 1991 evaluation which found Shay to be competent to stand trial. Also, another 24 December report determed that he was sufficiently healthy, mentally, to be responsible for any crimes he may have committed.
30 Dec	Thomas A. Shay jail intake form.

1992
January	Thomas A. Shay failed to appear for a hearing in Boston Municipal Court
14 Jan	Suffolk County (Boston) District Attorney decided to seek Federal investigation and prosecution for the crimes leading to the death of Jeremiah Hurley and the maiming of Francis X. Foley. See page 2 of 2 page ATF 16 Jan 1992 report
16 Jan	Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly files Application by Asst US Atty Paul Kelly to place pen register device to register numbers dialed or pulsed to or from John Cates' phone number. Application was approved for 60 days by Order of Magistrate Marianne Bowler at 3:05 p.m. (Order was extended on 13 March. See below.) Nearly identical Applications were filed and Orders issued for: ARCOMM, Thomas L. Shay, and Mary Flanagan.
17 Jan	Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly files Application by Asst US Atty Paul Kelly to place trap and trace device to register numbers dialed or pulsed to John Cates' phone number. Application was approved for 60 days by Order of Magistrate Marianne Bowler at 11:05 a.m. (Order was extended on 13 March. See below.) Nearly identical Applications were filed and Orders issued for: ARCOMM, Thomas L. Shay, and Mary Flanagan.
21 Jan.	ATF Agent Jeff Kerr prepares handwritten "Personal History/TECS input" or Profiles, for following suspects: Jeffrey Berry, Richard Brown, John Cates, Mary Flanagan, Louis Giammarco, Thomas A. Shay, Thomas L. Shay and Alfred W. Trenkler
28 Jan.	Application for Authorization to Install Electronic Tracking Device filed by Paul Kelly, and including Affidavit by ATF Agent Thomas D'Ambrosio. U.S. Magistrate Marianne Bowler approved application with an ORDER for 30 days as she was "satisfied that there is probable cause to believe that [Alfred Trenkler's 1970 Toyota Celica] is or may be used to travel to various locations to meet with unidentified co-conspirators or to take other actions to conceal his involvement..." [Nothing learned from this bug indicated any such conspiracy or involvement. The last time Alfred Trenkler saw Thomas A. Shay was in August, 1991.]
30 Jan.	Judge Harrington approves 28 January Request for wiretapping, or "cloning , the Pager of Alfred Trenkler's pager in two Orders. See 2 page order. and 5 page order. See also, affidavit of ATF agent Jeff Kerr.
31 Jan	ATF agents search the apartment of John Cates and Alfred Trenkler and the home of Alfred's parents in Milton. Also searched the ARCOMM office in Weymouth. Alfred chanced to meet the investigators when he returned to Cates' apartment, whereupon the briefcase he was carrying was seized. See Search Warrants and lists of items seized: "133 Atlantic Avenue, Quincy", "7 Whitelawn Ave., Milton", and "ARCOMM Office, Weymouth" [Note: None of the seized items were ever found to be connected to the Roslindale Bomb in any way.] See ATF's photos of apartment Alfred Trenkler shared with John Cates at 133 Atlantic Ave, Quincy: 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9 & 10, 11 & 12, 13 & 14, 15 & 16, 17 & 18, 19 & 20, 21 & 22, 23 & 24, 24 & 25, 26. See ATF's photos of Garage at Alfred's parents' home: 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9 & 10, 11 & 12, 13 & 14, 15 & 16, 17 & 18, 19 & 20, and 21 & 22. See ATF's photos of Alfred's parents' home: 1 & 2, 3 & 4, and 5 & 6. See ATF's photos of Alfred's ARCOMM office in Weymouth: 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9 & 10, 11 & 12, 13 & 14, 15 & 17, 16 & 19 and 18 & 20.
4 Feb.	Alfred came to the ATF office in Boston to retrieve copies of the necessary documents taken with his seized briefcase and was interviewed. See ATF report by Dennis Leahy. See two responses from Alfred Trenkler: One Alfred response, written in 2006 at bottom of notes otherwise regarding ATF interview with Donna Shea, 15 Nov., above) and Alfred's second 2006 documented response(.pdf). See 2d response in rekeyed MS-Word format.
6 Feb.	Alfred Trenkler's 36th birthday.
6 Feb.	Grand Jury testimony of 1) Richard Brown, business partner of Alfred Trenkler and 2) John Cates, roommate of Alfred Trenkler, and 3) Mary Flanagan, mother of Thomas L. Shay's youngest daughter, Kristen Flanagan.
10 Feb.	Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelley that "the clone pager [on Trenkler's pager] has not been as productive as we had hoped."
11 Feb.	Deposition of Thomas L. Shay in his civil lawsuit against the Dedham Service Center. 223 pages.
13 Feb.	Grand Jury testimony of 1) Donna Shea, friend of Alfred Trenkler and 2) Nancy Shay, mother of Thomas A. Shay, and 3) Robert Craig, friend of Alfred Trenkler.
16 Feb.	ATF investigators decided to tap the phones of John Cates (roommate of Alfred Trenkler), ARCOMM Inc., Shay Auto Body and Mary Flanagan. Investigators also decided, earlier, to obtain search warrants for ARCOMM, the residence of John Cates and Alfred Trenkler and another for the home of Alfred's mother and stepfather, Josephine and Jack Wallace. (See 31 January, above.)
16 Feb.	Grand Jury testimony of 1) Mary Flanagan, who lived with Thomas L. Shay at 39 Eastbourne and was the mother of their daughter, Kristen.
20 Feb.	Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Libby writes Memo to the File regarding James Harding's tape recording of conversations with Alfred Trenkler. See also subsequent entries below for James Harding, ending with the Government's decision to have no part with his efforts.
20 Feb	Grand Jury testimony of David Thomas Shilalis, who lived with Nancy Shay, mother of Thomas A. Shay.
2 March	Boston Globe announced that the investigation of the "Roslindale Bomb" has been transferred to the U.S. Division of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF): "EXPLOSION CASE PUT IN FEDERAL BAILIWICK"
5 March	James Harding arrested for non-cooperation after coming to Government with offer of tapes of conversations with Alfred Trenkler. See Affidavit of Francis Armstrong, Boston Police Detective and Special Deputized U.S. Marshall
5 March	Grand jury testimony of Richard Brown, resumed. (See 6 February, above.)
12 March	ATF Agent Jeff Kerr files a 41 page Second Affidavit in support of his application for authorization by the court to wiretap the pager numbers of Alfred W. Trenkler. The document summarize the case against Alfred Trenkler to this point and argues that it's necessary to tap Alfred's pager because the pager "has been, is being, and will continue to be used by him [Trenkler] in connection with the above-described conspiracy to conceal previous violations of federal law." This second period of electronic interception of Alfred Trenkler's voicemail and paging device continued until 10 April 1992.
12 March	Grand Jury testimony of 1) John Doering, an acquaintance of Thomas L. Shay as the owner of Rolling Wrench Garage in South Boston, and 2) Todd Leach, nephew of Donna Shea, friend of Alfred Trenkler, and 3) Paula Shay, sister of Thomas A. Shay.
13 March	Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly files ReApplication by Asst US Atty Paul Kelly to place pen register device to register numbers dialed or pulsed to or from John Cates' phone number. Application was approved for additional 60 days by Order of Magistrate Marianne Bowler (Order was extended on 13 May. See below.) Nearly identical Applications were filed and Orders issued for: ARCOMM, Thomas L. Shay, and Mary Flanagan.
13 March	Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly files ReApplication by Asst US Atty Paul Kelly to place trap and trace device to register numbers dialed or pulsed to John Cates' phone number. Application was approved for additional 60 days by Order of Magistrate Marianne Bowler. (Order was extended on 13 May. See below.) Nearly identical Applications were filed and Orders issued for: ARCOMM, Thomas L. Shay , and Mary Flanagan.
18 March	Alfred Trenkler continued to try to earn a living, under the corporate name of ATNS - Advanced Telecommunications Network Systems, and operated out of his parents' home in Milton. See his two proposals to Ed Alvera of WFXT on this day for 3.8 and 5.0 meter receiver only dishes and for 7 meter receiver antenna for a total proposed billing of almost $26,000.
19 March	Grand Jury testimony of 1) Thomas L. Shay and, separately, 2) Alan Pransky, Attorney for Thomas L. Shay in his lawsuit against Dedham Service Center, and 3) John Coyle III, friend of Alfred Trenkler.
20 March	U.S. District Court issues Arrest Warrant, (with supporting affidavit), for Thomas A. Shay, for unlawful flight from state prosecution in Massachusetts.
23 March	ATF Request for help from Seattle ATF for help in finding Thomas A. Shay. Contained in request was this description of Alfred Trenkler: "Trenkler, DOB: 2/6/56, S.S# 033-38-____, a gay white male, has been identified as the maker of the “bomb”. In 1986 in Quincy, Massachusetts, Trenkler, an expert in electronics and satellite communications, made a bomb almost identical to the device utilized in the aforementioned incident. Additionally Trenkler's “pager” number was discovered in a personal telephone book maintained by Thomas A. Shay. Trenkler's sexual preference is young males, 17—23 years of age. He is known for soliciting the young males by supplying them with cocaine."
24 March	Thomas A. Shay arrested in San Francisco by Boston ATF agents for his failure to appear in Boston Municipal Court in January. Jailed in San Francisco. ATF agents advise Shay, who was living there under the alias of "James Keough" that they had found Alfred Trenker's name and phone number in Shay's address book in his belongings during his arrest in Boston the previous November, and that Trenkler had assembled a loud noisemaker from an M-21 Hoffman Artillery simulator in 1986 in Quincy. In San Francisco, Shay was operating a massage business under the business name of James Keough Massage Services.
25 March	Thomas A. Shay issues a Press Release while in San Francisco jail. He wrote about Trenkler, "The Federal officers told me that one of my friends, Al Trenkler of Boston, who builds satellites, was a suspect in building the bomb."
26 March	ATF Agent Dennis Leahy files for a Search Warrant with a Written Affidavit, to search Thomas A. Shay's possessions, and it is granted on 30 March.
26 March	Grand Jury testimony of 1) Randall Stoller, friend of Thomas A. Shay, and 2) Edward Carrion, friend of Thomas A. Shay.
27 March	In an interview, while still in San Francisco jail, Thomas A. Shay named Alfred Trenkler as the person who built the "Roslindale Bomb." (source?)
1 April	Returned to Boston, Thomas A. Shay proclaimed his innocence and offered to take a lie detector test. He stated, "I have come back to Boston to deal with my problems . . I am not guilty of any crimes. . . When I gave my first press conference I was looking out for my family. Now I am looking out for myself. I will take a lie detector, polygraph, anything, to prove I had nothing to do with the bombing. The only thing I'm guilty of is trying to protect my family. Right after it happened, I thought . . . [trails off], A lot of things went through my mind...."
1 April	Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Libby writes second Memo to the File regarding James Harding's tape recording of conversations with Alfred Trenkler.
1 April	Application for Authorization to Install Electronic Tracking Device or "Beeper" filed by Paul Kelly, and including Affidavit by ATF Agent Jeff Kerr. U.S. Magistrate Robert B. Collins approved application with an ORDER for 30 days as he was "satisfied that there is probable cause to believe that [Alfred Trenkler's 1970 Toyota Celica] is or may be used to travel to various locations to meet with unidentified co-conspirators or to take other actions to conceal his involvement..." See also 28 January 1992 Affidavit of Thomas D'Ambrosio in support of Motion [Nothing learned from this bug indicated any such conspiracy or involvement. The last time Alfred Trenkler saw Thomas A. Shay was in August, 1991.]
2 April	Resumed Grand Jury testimony for John Cates (See 6 February, above.) Alan Kingsbury testified before Grand Jury.
2 April	Thomas A. Shay jail intake form.
2 April	Thomas A. Shay, with lawyer, William McPhee, appears in Boston Municipal Court for bail hearing. See ATF report.
4 April	Media announcement that the reward had been increased to $65,000. See Boston Herald Article "Reward Boosted in Bombing - Weld offers $10G in killing of Hub officer" by Eric Fehrnstrom The increase actually came in January, along with a $5,000 boost from the Boston City Council
5 April	Affidavit by Mark Means, an inmate of the Suffolk County Jail about allegations of a telephoned bomb threat made from that jail, allegedly by Thomas A. Shay.
6 April	Thomas A. Shay, in jail, writes a demand letter to see Boston Police Detective Francis Armstrong, "to tell him the wherabouts of the man who built the bomb."
7 April	At Brighton District Court, Thomas A. Shay defaulted on complaint of Communicating a False Bomb Report.
9 April	Grand Jury testimony by 1) Dwayne Armbrister, employee of Radio Shack store on Mass. Ave. in Boston, and 2) David Millette, friend of Alfred Trenkler, and 3) Patricia O'Donoghue, friend of Alfred Trenkler, and 4) Mark Means, fellow inmate of Tom Shay.
17 April, Friday	Alfred Trenkler arrested by Boston Police and AFT officers on Boylston Street in Boston at 4:15 p.m., on unrelated Rhode Island court warrant from a civil contract case. ATF report of 20 April 1992. See Alfred's contemporaneous 8-page account of his arrest. See Alfred's 17 May 2006 recollection (.pdf file) (of that arrest and jail experience). (See same notes, also, in rekeyed MS-Word file.) He saved the Boston Police Dept Personal Property Inventory bag from his arrest.
19 April, Sunday	Alfred Trenkler was released at 3:00 p.m. from Boston's Area D4 jail in the South End. ATF report of 20 April 1992.
20 April	Asst. US Attorney Paul Kelly writes letter to Thomas A. Shay's attorney, William C. McPhee about Shay's phone calls to Kelly and referencing a letter from Shay to Kelly and another from Shay to his father, Thomas L. Shay. (There is a date of 22 April on this copy of the letter, but it was probably written before the 20th and was the letter read to Paul Kelly by Tom Shay.
23 April	Grand Jury testimony of 1) James Harding, friend and employee of Alfred Trenkler and 2) Nancy Shay, mother of Thomas A. Shay. (resumed from 13 February, above.), and 3) Andrew Robinson, friend of Alfred Trenkler.
23 April	The Rhode Island Attorney General moves to dismiss the case involving Alfred Trenkler's alleged non-payment to a supplier in Rhode Island.
27 April	Memo to file by Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly regarding telephone conversation with Reporter Shelley Murphy of the Boston Herald. "Shay Jr. then asked Shelley if she would print a public apology from him to Trenkler (for his having included Trenkler's name in his press release). In his written apology Shay Jr. apparently claims that he was "set up" by Detective Frank Armstrong who told him (Shary Jr.) that Trenkler had "fingered" him. Shay Jr. goes on to state that he had met Trenkler only twice, both times in 1991; once at the Ramrod Lounge (in May) and once at Copley Place (in Sept/Oct.). As the end of the letter, Shay Jr. writes " p.s. - Dad, I know you had some involvement in the bombing, so give it up." Shelley reports that Shay Jr. was much more protective of Trenkler during this call than at any time previously, and that he repeatedly said tht Trenkler was a "good guy".
28 April	ATF Agents in Los Angeles interviewed Alfred Trenkler's father, retired Ice Capades clown, Freddie Trenkler .
30 April	Grand Jury testimony of James Quinlan, a frequent visitor to Blue Hills Park.
1 May	Incident at the Suffolk County Jail where Thomas A. Shay is quoted as saying, "I specialize in driveways, not towns" after another inmate said that someone should drop a bomb on Los Angeles. See Report by Corrections Officer Dennis Morelli.
4 May	Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly, sent a letter to Thomas A. Shay's attorney William McPhee seeking Shay's cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of Alfred Trenkler. Otherwise, without such cooperation, Shay would "take the fall" alone. Kelly said that over 50 witnesses had testified before the grand jury and "many of those witnesses have incriminated your client."
5 May	Thomas A. Shay writes handwritten incident report to complain of conditions and staff at Suffolk County Jail. See report, including report of corrections officer.
6 May	Thomas A. Shay writes two letters to Governor William Weld of Massachusetts. The first is about a possible World War 3 and the second has a illustration of an ideal world without drugs, etc.
8 May	Alfred Trenkler writes a short note about the investigation's infringement on his business and life.
13 May	Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly files ReApplication by Asst US Atty Paul Kelly to place pen register device to register numbers dialed or pulsed to or from John Cates' phone number. Application was approved for additional 60 days by Order of Magistrate Marianne Bowler (With this order, the total number of days was 180.) Nearly identical Applications were filed and Orders issued for: Thomas L. Shay, and Mary Flanagan, but apparently not for ARCOMM, unless copies were misfiled.
13 May	Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly files ReApplication by Asst US Atty Paul Kelly to place trap and trace device to register numbers dialed or pulsed to John Cates' phone number. Application was approved for additional 60 days by Order of Magistrate Marianne Bowler. (With this order, the total number of days was 180.) Nearly identical Applications were filed and Orders issued for: Thomas L. Shay, and Mary Flanagan(Order only), but apparently not for ARCOMM, unless copies were misfiled.
14 May	Alan Kingsbury resume Grand Jury testimony, continuing from 2 April.
15 May	Grand Jury testimony of Richard Bender, business acquaintance of Alfred Trenkler.
18 May	Alfred Trenkler reported to the Quincy Police the vandalizing of his 1978 Toyota Celica. Tools and car radio components were