105 Years Ago there was a Conspiracy to Murder Sarasota Mayor Harry Lee Higel on Siesta Key, newsman Rube Allyn and private investigator/Mayor Noel A. Mitchell got away with it. My site covers unsolved crimes, everything from the murder of Sarasota mayor Harry Higel in 1921 to the 9/11 terrorists plot to kill Pres George Bush in Sarasota.  The real Rube Allyn, a veteran newspaperman and media darling who put himself in the spotlight every chance he got, would have set up shop on the corner of Mangrove Ave ( Siesta Dr) and Higel Ave where Harry Higel was found and held a press conference and lead the crowd searching for Mr Higel's killer, he did not. Harry Higel murder suspect Rube Allyn's best pal and drinking buddy was mayor and private investigator Noel A. Mitchell in St Pete who had the exact same business plan as Harry Higel on Siesta Key. Noel A. Mitchell arrived in Florida in 1904 to enter the real estate game. Noel Mitchell was from Rhode Island , he relocated ...