From the New York Times story of 2004 that I posted:
Yesterday, an assistant United States attorney, Patricia E. Notopoulos, said the order was that ''people were to be killed because of the manner in which they engaged in certain prosecutions.'' William Aronwald, however, has said he knew of no case he had handled in which his actions might have offended Mr. Persico.
I't has also been unclear why the hit men focused on the elder Mr. Aronwald, a judge who ruled on city parking tickets.
They hit the "wrong" Aronwald, they were supposed to kill the prosecutor, but killed his father, it's said in the same article from your link. However, it's indeed unclear what exactly had the prosecutor done to anger Persico. But the fact remains: Aronwald was targeted, so there must have been a reason.
Willie Marfeo to Henry Tameleo:
1) "You people want a loaf of bread and you throw the crumbs back. Well, fuck you. I ain't closing down."
2) "Get out of here, old man. Go tell Raymond to go shit in his hat. We're not giving you anything."
