On the street the police met the usual wall of silence. One resident told police detectives, The man who talks is a marked man. Our safety lies in minding our own business. A local attorney described the neighborhood in the wake of the recent rash of killings and bombings. Conditions here are terrible, he said.
Flats are vacant because the fear of bombs prevents any one from moving in.
Houses cannot be mortgaged nor insured because of the danger. On May 17, the day of the funeral, D Andrea s body was to be taken from his home to Our Lady of Pompeii, for the service and then to Mount Olivet for burial. Two of D Andrea s brothers, Horace and Louis, both priests, took over. The Reverend Horace D Andrea conducted the prayers and sprinkled holy water on the casket of his late brother. He then said a prayer, which the newspapers described as not being from the ritual, but from the heart.