A
Minneapolis Journal newspaper columnist wrote a
piece about Rube Allyn on September 10th, 1906 after viewing one of his
"shows", Rube was 39 1/2 now. It appears Rube Allyn had a bizarre
way of doing things in his supposed comedy routine. He would tell very
sad depressing stories to the audience and then hit them with the
"jokes". It appears that sometimes members of the audience would heckle
and cat call Rube during his "show" and it was Rube's response to go
down from the stage and beat the hell out of the heckler no matter how
big he may be, supposedly the audience loved the show. Rube Allyn was a
big strong man at over 6' 2" tall, with long arms and big fists. Rube
was farm tough, supposedly he did work on a farm during the summer
months. Harry Higel would have been no match in a street fight with an
experienced bar-room brawler like Rube Allyn who was bigger and stronger
in what appears to have occurred at the cor of Mangove Ave and Higel
Ave on Friday morn Jan 7, 1921.
photo credit screenshot salt lake herald-republican
Rube Allyn became more of a 'War Hawk' after his friend Elbert Hubbard
was killed by the Germans on May 7th 1915. Rube Allyn wrote disparaging
and very critical articles about foreign governments that sided with
Germany during WWI (1914 - 1918) in his Sarasota Sun newspaper that
shuttered it's doors in 1916. World War I had a devastating effect on
German-Americans like Harry Higel and their cultural heritage. German
ancestry became a liability and gave rise to anti-German sentiment in
the United States. On March 30, 1917 the Higelhurst Hotel on Siesta Key
was burned down, it was owned by Harry Higel a man of direct German
heritage who Rube Allyn had numerous violent arguments with. Rube Allyn
was there on Siesta Key (when there was no bridge open to the Island) and
nearby when the Higelhurst Hotel was torched. Two days later on April 2,
1917, President Wilson went before a special joint session of Congress
and asked for a declaration of war against Germany, America's entry into
WWI. Hard drinking Irishman Rube Allyn claimed he had no hand in the
murder of his neighbor H. L. Higel on the corner of Mangrove Ave (Siesta
Dr) and Higel Ave on Siesta Key Fl at about 8:30 am on Friday Jan 7,
1921. Harry Higel was of direct German heritage, Rube hated Germans.
Rube Allyn used a mocking affected German accent in most of his comedic
routines on the Chautauqua circuit, in Tampa and St Pete.
photo credit Higel family Manatee County Historical Society Harry Higel's daughter Genevieve Helen Higel was a stunning beauty, in March 1916 she was the first queen of the Sara de Sota pageant in Sarasota Fl. The premiere event drew several thousand out-of-towners, making it a rousing success.
photo credit Higel family Manatee County Historical Society. Manatee County, FL Town of Sarasota 1916 City Directory:
HARRY HIGEL CLAN
Higel, Miss Geneieve, h 107 n Gulf Stream Blv'd Sarasota Fl
Higel, Harry L. (Gertrude wife), Mayor & real estate, h 107 n Gulf Stream Blv'd
Higel, Miss Louise, student, h 107 n Gulf Stream Blv'd Sarasota
Higelhurst Hotel, Siesta Key, H L Higel, proprietor
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1). Allyn, Miss Eileen (daughter), teacher, h Siesta. Eileen Anita Allyn was born on 25 September 1899, her father, William James Rube Allen.
2). Allyn, Mrs Evelyn (wife), dramatic reader, h Siesta. Rose Evelyn Knestrick Allyn. Birth 2 Apr 1868. Wayne County, Ohio, USA. Death: Jan 1957 (aged 88). Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
3). Allyn, Rube, editor The Sarasota Sun, h Siesta - phone 73-M. William James Rube Allen was born in January 1867, in Canada. He married Rose Evelyn Knestrick, he died October 23rd 1947 Bradenton Fl.
4). Allyn, Rubert (son) lino operator The Sarasota Sun, h Siesta. Rubert Royce Allyn was born on 6 July 1901, in Beloit, Lyon, Iowa, United States, his father, William James Rube Allen.
5). Charles Llewellyn Allyn 1903 - 1928 born in North Dakota Deceased, father, William James Rube Allen.
6). George Wayne Allyn was born on 24 April 1907, in Canada, his father, William James Rube Allen.
7). Dorothy Evelyn Allyn Female born 1910–Deceased, father, William James Rube Allen.
photo credit Higelhurst Hotel Manatee County Historical Society.
Manatee County Map Shows Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel's Higelhurst Hotel
Near Fishery Point Next to Arson Suspect Rube Allyn's House. The large two story white Higelhurst Hotel was at the very north end of what is now 3332 Gulfmead Dr on Siesta Key Fl. A huge, (Land Area:
43,038 Sq.Ft.) white mega mansion is currently in the building process
at the exact same spot 3332 Gulfmead Dr and apparently linked to a
Hollywood "A+ List" actor. On the map SARASOTA BAY in 1916
later became ROBERTS BAY. SARASOTA KEY on the map to the far left in
1916 later became LIDO KEY. Arson suspect and Harry Higel murder suspect Rube Allyn lived at the very north end of Gulfmead Dr. The map
of Siesta Key as of 1916 shows the Higelhurst Hotel towards the
far north end, at 3332 Gulfmead Dr Siesta Key Fl. The Higelhurst Hotel was on the
beach at the entrance to Big Pass and 50 yards from the water.
Newspaper
articles about the Higelhurst Hotel on fire March 30th, 1917 told of
how Harry Higel was standing on the Bayfront where Marina Jacks is now
and tears where running down his face as he watched his magnificent
Higelhurst Hotel at the very north end of Siesta Key burn to
the ground. A month later in April 1917, the north bridge to the key was completed, which may have
allowed enough time for the fire department to save the building. Rube
Allyn was there on the north end of Siesta Key in the early morn of
Friday March 30th 1917 when the Higelhurst hotel was torched. Rube Allyn
was also the one and only suspect in the brutal pistol whipping of
Harry Higel on the north end of Siesta Key on Friday morn January 7th,
1921 that led to Mr Higel's death. Rube Allyn was arrested but a
"kangaroo Grand Jury" made up of Rube's newspaper pals and drinking
buddies, failed to indict on March 10th, 1921.
HARRY
HIGEL MURDER TIMELINE: On Friday morn Jan 7th, 1921 at about 7:30 AM
Bill Reed a carpenter driving to work on a Key house saw Rube Allyn near
where Harry Higel's body was found on Siesta Key, he knew Rube. Rose
Allyn, Rube's wife, later confirmed Rube was out of the house sometime
before 7:30 am. Campers Charles Rodman and Herman Rosener had set up
tents near the beach and were able to see and identify Rube Allyn as the
man they saw a few minutes before 8:00 AM walking in the vicinity of
where Harry Higel would be found at 8:30 AM. Campers Rodman and Rosener
also spoke about a car parked in the vicinity near the beach, that most
likely belonged to Rube Allyn. Manuel McMullen a worker at the shell pit
near Mangrove Ave (Siesta Dr) spoke directly to Harry Higel at 8:10 AM,
he was to deliver wood to the Higel house at 8:30 AM Friday January
1921. Rube Allyn most likely murdered Harry Higel during a pistol
whipping with his Colt revolver and then drove down to the Givens Street
bridge and threw the bloody Colt revolver into Bayou Louise and then
returned home.
The
100 year old Colt revolver found buried in the mud on Siesta Key that
most likely links to the pistol whipping murder of Sarasota Mayor Harry
Higel on Jan 7th, 1921 had deep gouges and scratches and a piece missing
on the bottom of the hard rubber grips. The deep gouges and scratches
and the missing piece would strongly indicate the Colt revolver was used
to hit a hard, sharp, jagged object like the skull and teeth of
Sarasota mayor Harry Higel. According
to Dr Halton's medical report the multiple blows to Harry Higel's head
fractured the bones in his head thus most likely leaving marks on the
weapon, especially if it was the hard rubber Colt revolver's grips. Information
that I am providing in the investigation of the unsolved murder of
former Sarasota Mayor Harry L Higel that took place on the north end of
Siesta Key Fl on Friday January 7th, 1921 sometime between the hours of
8:10 am and 8:30 am when Mr Higel was found bleeding profusely from his
head at the corner of Siesta Dr and Higel Ave is true and factual
without embellishment. REPORTS have been obtained from written
interviews of Mr Higel's brothers George Higel and Frank Jr Higel taken
by crime beat reporters who were on the ground in Siesta Key on the day
he was murdered and in the days following. The crime beat reporters were
from well known and established newspapers like The St Pete Times, The
Tampa Daily Times, the Tampa Tribune and the Miami Herald. All of the
newspapers were published daily with morning and evening editions and
provided updated information on the Higel murder case and the process of
arrest, incarceration and Manatee Grand Jury investigation of the only
true suspect in Mr Higel's murder, newspaperman Rube Allyn.
Rube
Allyn's best pal and drinking buddy in 1920 was St Pete Mayor Noel
Mitchell. Often drunk Rube and Noel had a lot in common including a
blinding hatred of Harry Higel. Noel A. Mitchell was a licensed private
detective and owned the "Noel A. Mitchell National Detective Agency" in
St Pete Fl. Noel Mitchell had a concealed carry permit issued by the
Pinellas County Sheriff. Noel Mitchell carried a Colt .32 caliber pocket
positive revolver. If Noel carried a Colt revolver so did his best pal
Rube Allyn. In May 1924 Noel A. Mitchell's right to carry a concealed
weapon was denied by St Pete Chief of Police George M. Coslick.
Harry Higel murder suspect Rube Allyn's best pal and
drinking buddy was St Pete mayor Noel A. Mitchell who also owned and
operated the Noel A. Mitchell National Detective Agency in St Pete. Mr
Mitchell was a Florida licensed private investigator with a concealed
weapon permit from the Pinellas County Sheriff. Private eye Noel
Mitchell carried a Colt revolver. The
Noel A. Mitchell National Detective Agency in St Pete advertised that
one of their agents was Joe Neil the best shot in Florida with a
revolver, a crack shot that can hit a silver dollar at 30 paces. The
Noel A. Mitchell National Detective Agency in St Pete also advertised
that citizens with a burglar in the house should call Neil at 1228 and
he would send men armed with shot guns loaded with buck shot to your
house. Don't call the police, call The Noel A. Mitchell National Detective Agency in St Pete at 1228. 
Large
newspapers in Tampa and St Pete had daily editions and often had
morning and evening editions. The Sarasota Times was a weekly newspaper
published only on Thursdays. When the big story broke over the
AP newswires in New York City, like Harry Higel's murder on January 7th,
1921 (see above), an extra edition was printed
that day Friday Jan 7th 1921 by the Tampa Daily Times and delivered to
your house and to the corner
newsstands. Sarasota Herald Tribune historian Jeff LaHurd in a
Sarasota Herald Tribune article dated Sept 27th this year verified that Harry Higel was
killed on Friday January 7th, 1921, "Higel did not live long enough to see the transformation of Siesta Key.
On January 7, 1921, his body was discovered in the middle of the road,
his head and face too badly battered that he was
unrecognizable—identified through his signet ring".Rube Allyn murdered Harry Higel in cold blood, I have no doubt. Photo
above: loaded Colt revolver found buried with 6 live bullets on Siesta
Key Fl it had one broken grip, found buried on Siesta Key in Nov 2019. Nobody buries a loaded gun unless it was
used in a crime. I
have traced the manufacturing date of the Colt .32 caliber Police
Positive Pocket revolver with black hard rubber grips to etween 1907 to 1923. Colt revolver grips were hard black rubber from 1907 to 1923 then checkered walnut wood with silver medallions were installed after that. The Colt revolver found on Siesta Key was most likely used in pistol whipping
murder of former Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel. The remains of the rusted .32
caliber 6 shot Colt Police Positive Pocket revolver, seen above, could have gone
into the ground on January 7th, 1921 the day Harry Higel was murdered on
the north end of Siesta Key Fl. The
rusted 1920's era Colt revolver that contained 6 live
bullets was turned over to the Sarasota County Sheriff Dept on November
26th 2019, case number is 19-95201, a cold case detective was assigned
to the case. Apparently the remains of the rusted Colt revolver found
buried on Siesta Key were to be sent to the FDLE lab in an effort to
raise the serial number to determine ownership.
Restoration
of Firearm Serial Numbers with Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD).
The 1920's era Colt revolver found buried on Siesta Key has it's serial
number protected, the serial number is stamped on the frame under the back end of the barrel, and behind the crane, you swing out the cylinder to see it.
Using a technique called electron backscatter diffraction, or EBSD,
researchers at the Boulder, Colo., campus of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology have been developing a novel way to bring back
to life serial numbers on a gun that have been completely sanded away or
rusted out. While the method, which uses an electron microscope to
examine atoms in metal, still requires refining, NIST materials
scientists Ryan White and Robert Keller say it should be capable of
restoring a full serial number.
The
1907-1923 era Colt revolver grips found buried on Siesta Key (photo on L)
show extensive abuse to the bottom or butt part of the grips when
compared to the 1919 Colt revolver grips of the Colt .32 caliber Police Positive Pocket revolver (photo on R)
that I purchased July 1st, 2020 for $641.99 from Cabela's Bass Pro shop Triadelphia WV for comparison. The 1907-1923 era Colt grips found on Siesta Key were stained from
being in the ground for 100 years. The original color of all Colt
revolver hard rubber grips is BLACK. The 1907-1923 era Colt revolver rubber
grips were well worn, it appears the Colt revolver found buried on Siesta Key was manufactured in
about 1915 and most likely went into the ground in Jan 1921. Harry
Higel's head had been battered and the skull fractured in multiple areas
as well as his face bludgeoned beyond recognition by a "blunt weapon"
as per Dr. Halton's medical report on Jan 7th, 1921 in Sarasota Fl.
The
marks, scratches, gouges on the bottom of the hard rubber grips on the
1907-1923 era Colt revolver found buried on Siesta Key were possibly caused by
fracturing the skull and breaking the teeth of Sarasota Mayor Harry
Higel on Jan 7th, 1921 during a pistol whipping. The mark of the
weapon was clearly shown with a hole in the skull of Harry Higel made by the pointed
end of the weapon, said Dr Halton in Sarasota Fl on Jan 7th, 1921. The human skull can withstand 6.5 GPa of pressure while oak holds up under 11 GPa.
Frontal bone: this bone comprises the forehead and the upper orbit of
the eye. It joins the parietal bones at the coronal suture. Two temporal
bones: These bones are located at the sides and base of the skull, and they are the hardest bones in the body. The fourteen bones at the front of your skull hold your eyes in place and form your facial features. Your mandible, or jawbone, is the largest, strongest bone in your face.
Dr Halton's medical report to the
Coroners Jury on Friday evening Jan 7th, 1921, the day Harry Higel was
murdered, indicated multiple depressed fractures to the skull, multiple broken facial bones, and at least one compound skull fracture. Harry Higel wasn't supposed to survive the pistol whipping which clearly indicated rage from the perp. The mark of the
weapon was clearly shown with a hole in the skull made by the pointed
end of the weapon, more on that below. The Coroners
Jury was made up of W. E. Street newspaperman, E. J. Street real estate,
E. O. Burns real estate, Ralph C. Caples businessman, M. L. Young
builder and Harry Figby builder. A Manatee County Coroners Jury inquiry convened by County Judge Cary B. Fish
in Bradentown Fl found probable cause to arrest Rube Allyn Sr for Harry
Higel's murder on Friday Jan 7, 1921. At a Coroners Jury inquiry
investigating the murder of Harry Higel several witnesses gave testimony
as to have seen Rube Allyn Sr near the Higel crime scene. Manatee
County Judge Cary B. Fish convened the jury at about 3:00 pm Friday Jan
7, 1921 in Bradentown Fl. The Coroners Jury viewed the remains of Mr
Harry Higel at the Sarasota morgue and returned to the Bradentown City
Hall to
take testimony. Evidence discovered by the Coroners Jury was turned over
to the Manatee County Grand Jury for indictment of Rube Allyn.
If Harry Higel had been hit once or twice on the head it would have
looked like a robbery gone bad. But Harry Higel was hit 5 or 6 times or
more all over his head and face, the perp wanted Harry Higel to suffer
and disfigure him, it was personal! The Harry Higel murder case was never solved,
the murder weapon never found, until very likely now.
Whomever owned the 1915's era Colt
.32 Caliber Police Positive Pocket revolver, whether it was murder suspect Rube
Allyn or his best pal and drinking buddy Noel Mitchell the St Pete
private detective known to carry a Colt revolver, the gun got a lot of
use as seen on the grips. It appears the revolver was used for other
purposes rather than just firing the weapon. It would take an awful lot
to mark up the base of the hard rubber grips on the Colt revolver as
seen above. Intended to address deficiencies of earlier models such as
the Single Action Army, Colt's Positive Lock on double action revolvers
manufactured between 1907 to 1922 prevented an accidental discharge even
if the lowered hammer was struck or the pistol was dropped, allowing
the revolver to be safely carried with all six chambers loaded. You
could actually hammer nails with the Colt revolver and it would not
discharge. photo credit Tampa Daily times via associated press newswire
News papers in the 1900's,
1910's, 1920's, 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's and 1970's were a lot
different that the newspapers of today. Most Daily's in large markets
had a morning and a evening edition delivered to your house or the local
newsstand. When a big story broke over the AP newswires, like Harry
Higel's murder, an extra edition was printed that day Jan 7th 1921 by the Tampa Daily Times and
delivered to your house and to the corner newsstands. Reporters in the
old days were a lot more aggressive and dug for info on big news stories
like the murder of Harry Higel. The information provided in this
investigation will help provide the who, what, where, when, and why of
the unsolved murder on Siesta Key Fl of mayor Harry Higel almost 100
years ago. Rube Allyn arrested Friday afternoon Jan 7th, 1921 in
connection with the death of former Mayor Harry Higel on Siesta Key,
Sarasota Fl almost 100 years ago. The media continued to support
newspaper editor Rube Allyn from the day of his arrest Jan 7th to the
day the he was released March 9th 1921. Newspapers blatantly influenced
the 18 members of the Manatee County Grand Jury with repeated stories of
how "Rube could have never done it" for 61 days. The only form of
information in 1921 South West Florida was your Daily Newspaper with
stories 'composed' by reporters and editors and Rube Allyn was their
hero, he was one of them.
"The Smoking Gun Buried on Siesta Key" Colt Revolver Verified by Sheriff as Possible Link to Murder of Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel. I
have not indicated the exact address off of Higel Ave on Siesta Key
where the broken Colt revolver was found as the homeowner had his house
up for sale and I did not want to create undo attention to the address. 
The Sarasota County Sheriff report SEEN ABOVE indicates that Harry Higel was found
unconscious in the middle of the road of Siesta Dr and Higel Ave, (where
I have claimed all along the exact location of the crime scene).
A).
The Sarasota County Sheriff report revealed today indicates the firearm
that I tuned in on Nov 26th 2019, is in fact a 1900's era Colt revolver
produced between 1907 and 1922, as I have claimed in numerous reports.
B). The Sarasota County Sheriff report indicates that back in 1921
investigators were unable to determine the instrument used to injure
Higel.
C). The Sarasota County Sheriff report indicates injuries to
Higel were from a solid object and above the neck (as in a pistol
whipping).
D). The Sarasota County Sheriff report indicates the weapon used to kill Higel was never located.
E).
The Sarasota County Sheriff report indicates that rumors had it, the
weapon used to kill Higel was buried somewhere on Siesta Key.
F).
The Sarasota County Sheriff report indicates that to this date, no
weapon has ever been found, aside from this Colt revolver.
G). The
Sarasota County Sheriff report indicates that the location of the Colt
revolver was approximately one (1) block of Higel's location.
H). On 3/24/2020 The Sarasota County Sheriff report further states by writer: "I
retrieved the weapon from Property and inspected it's parts. Upon
review and through my own independent research, I believe, as reported
by Warner, these parts are to a Colt revolver produced in the early
1900's".
I
am not the person (my client) who found the old, rusted, and corroded
parts of an antique small frame Colt Police positive revolver 1900's era
on Siesta Key buried near a salt water canal off of Higel Ave sometime
in early 1921. The firearm is a COLT POLICE POCKET POSITIVE .32 CALIBER
REVOLVER with FANCY hard rubber grips and one grip that just happened to
be broken, six live bullets could be seen in the rusted cylinder. This
particular firearm was manufactured from 1907 to 1922 by Colt, it was a
concealable small pocket revolver, very popular in it's day for home
owners, shopkeepers, nightwatchmen and private detectives. The rusted
1900's era Colt revolver that contained 6 live bullets was turned over
to the Sarasota County Sheriff Dept on November 26th 2019, case number
is 19-95201.
The
information provided in this investigation will help provide the who,
what, where, when, and why of the unsolved murder on Siesta Key Fl of
mayor Harry Higel almost 100 years ago. Does Colt Revolver with Broken
Grip Found Buried on Siesta Key Link to Pistol Whipping Murder of Mayor
Harry Higel. Mr Higel was beat to death on Friday Jan 7th, 1921, his
battered body found in the road at about 8:30 am, (corner of Mangrove
and Higel Ave) just a short distance from his house.
photo
credit screenshot Tampa Tribune newspaper. Rube Allyn hated and
despised Harry Higel, Rube Allyn had a history of violent outbursts and
uncontrollable fury, Rube Allyn was there on Siesta Key the morning
Harry Higel was killed, Rube Allyn had motive and the ability to kill
Higel, it's all too coincidental to be a coincidence! Rube Allyn never
went to trial. There is a huge difference between a Grand Jury failing
to indict a suspect and a Criminal Court Trial where the suspect is
tried and a jury finds him guilty or innocent. Rube Allyn's case never
went to trial he could have been re-indicted for Harry Higle's murder if
further evidence was discovered like the murder weapon used to batter
Higel's head in what appears to be a pistol whipping, it was never
found, until now.
photo credit Sarasota Times newspaper
Photo above Sarasota County Times Newspaper issue Thursday June 16, 1921. The Sarasota County Sheriff's office was established in July 1921 upon the creation of Sarasota County's break from the southern portion of Manatee County. This was 6 months after the murder of Harry Higel, some speculate the break from Manatee County was the result of the poor handling of Mr. Higel's death investigation. One of the first acts of the Sarasota County Commission, which was formed in June 1921, was a July 21, 1921, resolution offering a $1,000 reward for evidence leading to the capture of Harry Higel’s murderer — more than $12,000 in today's money.
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The Herald Tribune Newspaper in Sarasota did an article about the Higel murder, "100 years later, the murder of popular Sarasota mayor Harry Higel remains unsolved", by Billy Cox, Jan 7th, 2021. The Herald Tribune pointed out that "on March 9, 1921, Rube
Allyn was released after a grand jury deliberated for 10 minutes.
Sarasota private investigator Bill Warner claims on his website the jury
was filled with Allyn’s “newspaper pals and drinking buddies.” Bill
Warner says Higel’s injuries are consistent with a pistol-whipping; in
fact, he says rusted fragments of a .32 caliber pocket Colt revolver –
manufactured between 1907 and 1922 – were recovered near a Givens Street
canal in November 2019. He says the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office
confirmed the make and the approximate time range of its manufacture.
“You’d never throw away a revolver like that with six live bullets in it
unless you’d committed a crime,” Bill Warner says. This
story looks like a script for a block buster movie. see https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2021/01/07/sarasota-mayor-harry-higels-murder-remains-unsolved-100-years-later/6564394002/
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If
a Movie was ever cast for the Unsolved Murder of Harry Higel on Siesta
Key Fl, Leonardo DiCaprio would be a shoe in for the tall, erratic, hard
drinking Irish newsman Rube Allyn character. Rube
Allyn's alibi was that he was back at home the morning of the Higel
murder by 8:00 am on Friday Jan 7 as confirmed by his wife Rose and
could not have done it as Higel was killed sometime between 8:10 am and
8:30 am. Interestingly Rose Allyn did not show up Wednesday morn March
9th to be questioned by the Grand Jury, she sent a statement instead.
Appears Rose Allyn was too busy getting Rube's 'Florida Fisherman
Magazine' ready for press over in Tampa, what the hell? In 1921 a felony conviction for Murder in Florida meant the death penalty and the execution method was hanging.
In 1923 a bill was passed in Florida and placed all executions under
State control instead of County and changed the method from hanging to
electrocution. It appears to me that this Manatee County Grand Jury was nothing more
than a "Kangaroo Court", a court held by a legitimate judicial
authority which intentionally disregards the court's legal or ethical
obligations and evidence. According to the Tampa Tribune on March 9th, 1921 the Manatee County Grand
Jury was made up of 19 men; M. C. Davis, George N. Brown, J. A. Howse,
J. A. Henry, T. B. Gallup, C. A.
Rowlett, C. F. Edwards, Carl Hendrix, Guy Jones, C. L. Davis, W. O.
Edwards, H. T. Glazier, Iron Ross, E. P. Lloyd, H. D. Horney, E. J.
Bright, James G. Foster and Frank Kennedy. J. A. Howse was chosen Foreman. The
murder case of Harry Higel by supposed suspect Rube Allyn was not
carried forth to trial due to a tainted Manatee County Grand Jury as claimed
by (Harry Higel's brother) George Higel who said: "One of the members of
the Manatee Grand Jury investigating the murder of Harry Higel and the
suspect Rube Allyn was a fellow newspaper man and personal friend of
Rube Allyn".
Copyright
Protection: Bill Warner Investigations Sarasota Fl Original Articles
Published on This Website Using Proprietary Research.
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E).
The Sarasota County Sheriff report indicates that rumors had it, the
weapon used to kill Higel was buried somewhere on Siesta Key. 
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