The Nation - News from Nov. 26, 1985
A Florida woman accused of killing Wall Street financier Nicholas Deak denied that she fired the gun, and suggested that the judge “chat with Deak” to determine her innocence. “The case is preposterous,” Lois Lang, 44, told Criminal Court Justice Edward McLaughlin at a New York hearing to determine whether she would testify before a grand jury. “Why don’t you chat with Deak? He’s alive, you know.” Lang was charged with invading the headquarters of Deak-Perrera Inc., a leading foreign exchange firm, on Nov. 18 and shooting founder Deak, 80, and his receptionist, Frances Lauder.
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