Alfred Trenkler Innocent Committee

LATEST NEWS for 9 October 2007.)

New material on site:

5/14 Thomas Shay is returned to Mass. and sentenced to six months in prison for incidents in Spencer. See "Latest News."

5/13 Circuit Court of Appeals hearing for Alfred Trenkler's Appeal of his 2007 resentence to 37 years is scheduled for 4 June 2008. See "Coming Events."

5/11 New York Times story about exonerees and the familes of victims who initially hated them. See "Links to Articles."

5/7 Lawyers' publication, "Exhibit A News," publishes story (1 April 2008), including description of U.S. Atty assistance to John and Donna Shea in return for assistance in prosecuting Alfred Trenkler. See "Links to Articles."

5/3 Court of Appeals again denies Tom Shay the ability to proceed in forma pauperis, and requires him to pay a $450 filing fee for his appeal. See "Latest News."

4/30 Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Feeley is nominated to be a Massachusetts Superior Court Judge. See "Latest News."

4/24 Interview with Marty Tankleff, released in December after 17 years of wrongful imprisonment. Still in legal limbo. See "Links to Articles."

4/21 Posting of ATF response to Alfred Trenkler's FOIA Request: documents destroyed in 2005. See "Latest News."

4/17 First Circuit Court orders Tom Shay to file his appeal of Judge Zobel's denial of permission to proceed "in forma pauperis" by

9 May. See "Latest News."

4/12 Two Court rulings re: Tom Shay, at First Circuit and by Judge Zobel in District Court. See "Latest News."

3/25 NY Times article, "Consensus on Counting the Innocent: We Can't" See "Links to Articles."

3/24 Willie Green exonerated in Los Angeles through recantation of prosecution witness. "Links to Articles."

3/18 Georgia (U.S.) Supreme Court denies new trial for death row inmate, Troy Davis despite considerable doubt of guilt. See

"Links to Articles."

3/16 Thomas A. Shay's appeal of the denial of his efforts to withdraw his 1998 Guilty plea continues in the First Circuit Court of

Appeals. See "Latest News."

3/11 Alfred Trenkler filed Freedom of Information Requests in mid-February with U.S. Attorney and ATF. See "Latest News."

Introduction to case:

On 28 October 1991, a Boston Police officer, Jeremiah Hurley, Jr. was killed, and his partner, Francis X. Foley, was maimed, by a dynamite bomb which they were attempting to disarm at the home of Thomas L. Shay of Roslindale, Boston. Their losses were terrible and intolerable, and those responsible must be apprehended and punished.

In the subsequent investigation, Alfred Trenkler was targeted because he was an acquaintance of Shay's son, Thomas A. Shay, and because he had assembled a harmless noisemaking device in Quincy in 1986 for a friend. (Thomas A. Shay is called "Shay, Jr." in many government and court papers, but he was not a "Jr." He is also called "Thomas A. Shay" and "Tom Shay" on this website. His father is named Thomas L. Shay and is also referred to here as Mr. Shay.)

This website seeks the entire Truth about the case and will present here as many of the facts about the case as can be presented.

Introduction to the case - key documents

There are many documents in this case, but some are recommended for a quick introduction to Alfred and this case. The website contains many more. For the full story about the case read the manuscript of the book, Perfectly Innocent.

Go to LATEST NEWS for 9 October 2007.

1. The Wrongful Conviction of Alfred Trenkler - a short summary.

2. FACTS showing the non-involvement of Alfred Trenkler with the "1991 Roslindale bomb".

3. Pre-sentencing statement to the court, by Alfred Trenkler on 8 March 1994.

4. Dissenting opinion of First Circuit Chief Judge Juan Torruella in the 2-1

denial of Alfred's appeal on 18 July 1995. Note that he was the only First

Circuit judge to participate in the appeal of Thomas A. Shay, where the Court

effectively reversed his conviction, and in the appeal of Alfred Trenkler. In both

instances he opposed the verdicts.

5. Dr. Robert Phillips' diagnosis, "Neuropsychiatric Evaluation, Thomas A. Shay,"

contained in a 19 July 1993 letter to Thomas A. Shay's attorney, Nancy Gertner.

6. RESUME of Alfred W. Trenkler

7. William David Lindholm documents:

a. January 1993. 7-page report of ATF and U.S. Attorneys 13 January

interview of William David Lindholm.

b. His testimony on 10 November 1993. (Near the end, at page 13-124 of the

transcript, he said, "I'll go on the record to say that I'm not going to ask for

any benefit, rewards, inducements any time in the future.")

c. Excerpts of Prosecution and Defense 22 November 1993 Closing

Statements at trial which pertained to Lindholm's testimony, including

statement by Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly "He's received no promises, no

rewards, no inducements for coming forward, and he will not ask for any in the

future."

d. 1 April 1994 Letter from Lindholm Attorney, Roger Cox to Asst. U.S.

Attorney Paul Kelly asking for reduction in sentence.

e. 12 April 1994 Letter from AUSA Paul Kelly to Lindholm Atty, Roger Cox,

where Kelly noted the contradiction between Lindholm's statements at trial and

Cox's request.

f. 19 July 1994 Motion by Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly in U.S. v.

Lindholm for reduction of Lindholm's sentence.

g. 19 July 1994 Affidavit of Asst. U.S Attorney Paul V. Kelly in support of

above Motion.

h. 28 July 1994 Lindholm Memorandum in support of Government's Motion

for Reduction of Sentence

i. 6 Aug 1994 Affidavit of William David Lindholm, in support of the

Government's Motion for a Reduction of Sentence for him.

j. Excerpts of the 18 July 1995 opinions of the Court of Appeals judges

which relate to Lindholm's credibility.

k. 14 January 1998 Memorandum by Jack Wallace to U.S. District

Court regarding William David Lindblom.

l. Affidavit of John Bowden on 22 April 1998 revealing William David Lindholm's

admission that his testimony regarding Alfred Trenkler was false. Subsequent to

letter by John Bowden on 13 July 2000 to Alfred's attorney, Morris Goldings.

m. Timeline of William David Lindholm and the U.S. Judicial system 1990

through 1994

8. Comparisons of the 1986 artillery simulator and the 1991 bomb. Notes and

reports assembled by Jack Wallace and Dennis Kline report to Alfred's

lawyer

9. June 2006 handwritten one page Summary by Alfred Trenkler of his

acquaintance with Thomas A. Shay in Summer of 1991. Adobe/.pdf file As

rekeyed MS-Word file

10. June 2006 handwritten 17-page detailed report by Alfred Trenkler of his

acquaintance with Thomas A. Shay in Summer of 1991. As Adobe/.pdf file, and

as MS-Word Rekeyed File. See also a 9 page contemporary report written by

Alfred during the pre-trial period in 1992 or 1993. The only post-1991 contact

Alfred Trenkler had with Thomas A. Shay was on 25 June 1993 when they were

in separate cells, separated by another cell, in the Federal Building lockup. Alfred

Trenkler captured the discussion and his observations in a

three page handwritten note.

11. May 2006 comments by Alfred on the ATF report of the 31 January 1992

search of Alfred's apt, office and his parents' home. As Adobe/.pdf file, and as

MS-Word Rekeyed File. For more info, see original 1 February 1992 ATF

report.

12. 28 June 2006 Motion to Examine Evidence, filed by Jack Wallace on behalf of

Alfred Trenkler. Included in the Motion, on page 9, were photographs of the

contacts from the Roslindale Bomb and contacts from a Philmore #30-219 switch

and from a Radio Shack #275-602 switch. (After disassembly of other switches on

7 October 2007, it appears that the contacts in the page 9 photo may be aligned

with the wrong label. That is, the contacts below the Philmore label appear to

belong to the Radio Shack switch, and the contacts below the Radio Shack label

appear to belong to the Philmore switch. However, because of possible changes in

the engineering and manufacturing of the switches since the 1991 explosion, the

results of the several disassemblies may still be valid, at the time of disassembly.

The search for the truth continues, and this note will be updated as needed.)

13. 10 November 1992 MEMO TO FILE by Asst. U.S. Attorney Paul Kelly about ten

"aspects of his [TA Shay] 'story' which he admitted were untrue." Then Kelly

listed 17 aspects of a "new 'story'" and Alfred Trenkler denies every single one of

them by his annotated "NO's". Also, Paul Kelly's 11 May 1993 letter to Shay

atty. Nancy Gertner summarizing Shay's contacts with Alfred Trenkler, with

Alfred's handwritten annotations. See also copy with Alfred's comments

typewritten.

14. On 17 November 1992, Karen Marinella of Channel 56, interviewed Thomas A Shay.

Portions of the interview would later be shown at the trial of Alfred Trenkler. See

Transcript of Interview [The highlighted sections were seen by the jury.] Every

statement made by Thomas A. Shay in that interview that indicated that Alfred

Trenkler had a role in the "1991 Roslindale bomb" was false. Every statement about

Shay's relationship to Alfred Trenkler, beyond Trenkler's own precise description

of the acquaintance is false.

See Alfred Trenkler's responses to the Marinella interview of Thomas A.

Shay, written in December 2006, to Thomas A. Shay's claims.

15. Pre-sentencing letter in support of Alfred Trenkler, sent on 17 April 2007 to Judge Zobel by Morrison Bonpasse. The letter summarizes the reasons that the 1993 conviction of Alfred Trenkler was a wrongful conviction.

16. Version 9 of the manuscript of the book about the Roslindale Bomb case, Perfectly Innocent. in two parts: TEXT and APPENDICES. Posted on 9 October 2007.

The Alfred Trenkler Innocent Committee

The Alfred Trenkler Innocent Committee is dedicated to justice for people wrongfully convicted by the U.S. Government and to securing the freedom of Alfred Trenkler, an innocent man who has been incarcerated in for 13+ years (including pre-trial jail) for crimes he did not commit.

GOALS

We seek for Alfred Trenkler, a

- Retrial,
- Complete, Independent Investigation of the Case, and a

- Re-opening of the Search for the builder of the "Roslindale bomb".

For others, we seek

- A new Rules of Federal Criminal Procedure which will enable wrongfully

convicted people in the Federal justice system to more easily challenge their

convictions.

Like many others affected by this case, we seek the end of the protracted controversy as everyone wants it to be over. However, such closure cannot be obtained at the price of the imprisonment of a totally innocent man, Alfred Trenkler.

Currently, the effort to release him is focusing on finding the truth about the case, and we hope that everyone affected by this tragedy, including everyone in law enforcement and the criminal justice system will contribute to this effort.

We seek a full, complete, independent investigation on the entire case, with the subsequent goal of persuading the Boston U.S. Attorney, Michael Sullivan, and the U.S. Attorney General, Alberto Gonzalez, to seek a new trial, or an outright dismissal of the case against Alfred Trenkler.

The Alfred Trenkler Innocent Commitee was formed by a group of people who were convinced of Alfred's' innocence or that the original investigation and prosecution were flawed, or both. Below is a chart showing the multiple views of this case, and our committee is open to everyone not convinced of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

To assist all those who are considering the problem of Truth and Justice for Alfred Trenkler, the following rating scale of percent/belief is presented:

Percent (%) of certainty of non-involvement.

100---99.9---99---90---80---70---60---50---40---30---20---10---1---.1---0

|-------------------NOT GUILTY-----------------------------------|

|-GLTY-|

Below are explanations of the percentages:

Alfred Trenkler.....

100% - did not build the "Roslindale bomb" - absolutely not, with total certainty. NOT

GUILTY

99.9% - did not build the "Roslindale bomb" with much certainty. NOT GUILTY

99% - did not build the "Roslindale bomb" with some certainty. NOT GUILTY

90% - very likely did not build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY

80% - probably did not build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY

70% - might not have built the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY

60% - possibly did not build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY

50% - Undecided. Don't have an opinion. NOT GUILTY

40% - possibly did build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY

30% - might have built the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY

20% - probably did build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY

10% - very likely did build the "Roslindale bomb". NOT GUILTY

1% - did build the "Roslindale bomb", with some certainty. NOT GUILTY

.1% - did build the "Roslindale bomb", beyond a reasonable doubt. GUILTY

0% - did build the "Roslindale bomb", absolutely, with total certainty. GUILTY

QUESTION: Where are YOU on this chart? It's expected that the more people learn about the case, the further up/or left on the scale they come.

The Committee is working to get the facts of the case into the hands and minds of as many people as possible, especially people in the media and the Federal Government. It is seeking to get the story of Alfred Trenkler told throughout the country by creating this web site and distributing the information through other national and local media.

Errors, mistakes? Please let us know.

As we are committed to the truth and to justice, we do our best to present the truth. If there are any errors on the website, please let us know, by email to Alfred Trenkler Innocent Committee. This is especially true if you believe there are any errors or mistakes in any statements or representations by Alfred Trenkler. To our knowledge, there are none - as he is a totally innocent man.

Funds and Contributions

In addition for funds to do that work, funds are needed for the next series of legal efforts.

Please send contributions to help the campaign for justice for Alfred Trenkler to the following address:

Alfred Trenkler Innocent Committee
P.O. Box 870111

Milton Village, MA 02187-0111

Petition for Investigation

Help us with the campaign to circulate a Petition for an Investigation of the Alfred Trenkler case. To see a draft (as of June 2006) of the Petition, click on Petition

(or, to enter your name online, go to Petition for Investigation)

Also available is a two-page summary of the FACTS showing the non-involvement of Alfred Trenkler in the making of the "Roslindale bomb."

Spelling of Alfred's Last Name:

People who have heard orally about the case of Alfred Trenkler may not know how to spell his last name. In order to enable Search Engines to locate this website for those who spell Alfred's surname incorrectly, the following possibilities are given:

Trenkeler

Trenkler (the correct spelling)

Trinkeler

Trinkler

Other people with the Trenkler family name.

Mrs. Trenkler, Fictional character in the Dreamweavers' musical, "Sleepy Hollow"

Bernd Trenkler, Professor at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Carsten Trenkler, Economist at Humbolt-Universitat, Berlin Germany

Dane Trenkler, Avon, New York. Organized supply of gifts to U.S. Soldiers in Iraq.

Dieter Trenkler, Country music enthusiast, Germany

Dietrich Trenkler, Germany, Universitaet Osnabrueck

Ernst Trenkler, Author of Rothschild Gebetbuch: Facsimile & Comentarium, 1979.

Freddie Trenkler, (Alfred Maximillian Trenkler) Professional ice skater, with the Ice Capades

and movie star. Father of Alfred William Trenkler.

Jason Trenkler, Musician (MAC Music), and restaurant manager, Tuscon Arizona. His BLOG

Johannes Trenkler, MD & medical researcher. See article: "Does Carotid Stent Cell Design Matter?"

Gerhard Trenkler, Retired director of Austrian publishing house, Schreckenberg

Johann Trenkler, At Carl Zeiss Coating Technology, Oberkochen, Germany
Leif Trenkler, German artist

Luigi Trenkler, Actor

Luigi Trenkler, psychotherapist, Vienna

Marian Trenkler, Professor at Katholik University in Slovakia. Wrote paper on

"Magic Stars" which others have called "Trenkler Stars"

Martin Trenkler, Formula 1 car racing photographer from Slovakia. See photos

at www.photosF1.com

Mary Jo Trenkler, American author of several books about nature.

Rolf Trenkler, German rock band leader and songwriter in 1970's.

Sebastian Trenkler, Of Germany, available for contract PHP work.

Thomas Trenkler, Editor of Der Standard, a Vienna newspaper.

Thomas Trenkler, Author of books on architecture, especially of Vienna.

Tina Trenkler, Consumer Products Business Executive

Wilhelm Trenkler, Austrian artist, 1877-1964

(If you have other possibilities, please send to Alfred Trenkler Innocent Committee .)

Count of people, regardless of the number of their visits, who have viewed this site since 9 June 2006. After moving to a new server, on 1 December 2006, this counter began counting ALL visits.

Count Date Days since previous 500

0 9 June 2006

500 13 Sept 2006 96

1,000 9 Dec. 2006 87

1,500 25 Feb. 2007 78

2,000 1 April 2007 35

2,500 14 May 2007 44

3,000 14 July 2007 61

3,500 23 Sep 2007 70

4,000 7 Nov 2007 45

4,500 8 Jan 2008 62

5,000 18 Feb 2008 41

5,500 28 Mar 2008 39

MORE DETAILED CHRONOLOGY OF VISITOR TOTALS

From 9 June 2006 until 2:30 p.m. on Monday, August 7, there had been 234 separate visitors to this website. On the 7th The Patriot Ledger, of Quincy, Mass., published its front page article about Alfred's case, via an exclusive interview with Thomas A. Shay.

By 9:30 that evening, the usage had grown by 40 to 274, and by the end of Tuesday, 8/8, it had increased another 30 to 304. By 9:30 on Thursday, it stood at 330, for an increase of almost 100 over three days. Thereafter, the count rose to:

400 on 20 August 2006,

450 on 29 August (9 days),

500 on 13 September (15),

550 on 22 September (9),

600 on 5 October (13),

650 on 16 October (11),

700 on 26 October (10),

750 on 2 November (7),

800 on 14 November (12),

850 on 18 November (4),

900 on 27 November (9),

950 on 3 December (7).

1,000 on 9 December (6).

1,100 on 2 January (24 - for 100 increase).

1,200 on 26 January (24)

1,300 on 6 February (11)

1,400 on 18 February (12)
1,500 on 25 February (7) Patriot Ledger Articles published about vacated sentence

in this period.

1,600 on 28 February (3) Boston Herald and Boston Globe articles about vacating

sentence.

1,700 on 4 March (4)

1,800 on 15 March (9)

1,900 on 20 March (5)

2,000 on 1 April (12)

2,100 on 3 April (2)

2,200 on 6 April (4) resentencing was on 4 April 2007.

2,300 on 13 April (7)

2,400 on 26 April (13) Patriot Ledger article about resentencing and case in general.

2,500 on 14 May (18)

2,600 on 28 May (14)

2,700 on 7 June (10)

2,800 on 13 June (6) Boston Herald articles on Tom Shay being a fugitive.

2,900 on 28 June (15)

3,000 on 14 July (16)

3,100 on 19 July (5) Thomas A. Shay captured in Quincy on Monday, 16 July.

3,200 on 30 July (11) Thomas A. Shay sentenced on 24 July.

3,300 on 16 August (17)

3,400 on 10 Sept (25)

3,500 on 22 Sept (12) First Circuit Certifies Alfred's 2255 Motion to U.S. District

Court, and Tom Shay files Motion to vacate his 1998 Guilty Plea.

3,600 on 4 Oct (12) publication of manuscript of Perfectly Innocent.

3,700 on 11 Oct (7)

3,800 on 18 Oct (7)

3,900 on 27 Oct (9)

4,000 on 7 Nov (11)

4,100 on 19 Nov (12)

4,200 on 1 Dec (12)

4,300 on 16 Dec (15)

4,400 on 31 Dec (15)

4,500 on 8 Jan (9)

4,600 on 18 Jan (10)

4,700 on 26 Jan (8)

4,800 on 4 Feb (9)

4,900 on 12 Feb (8)

5,000 on 18 Feb (6)

5,100 on 22 Feb (4)

5,200 on 29 Feb (7)

5,300 on 10 March (10)

5,400 on 18 March (8)

5,500 on 28 March (10)

5,600 on 7 April (10)

5,700 on 16 April (9)

5,800 on 28 April (12)

5,900 on 10 May (13)

Photos of Alfred Trenkler, from left to right:
1. As a child, with his father, the Ice Capades clown, Freddie Trenkler, and childhood friends, and
2. As a teenager, and
3. At age 36, shortly before his arrest in April 1992.