Sarasota mayor Harry Lee Higel was murdered by newsman Rube Allyn during a pistol whipping on Friday morn Jan 7th, 1921 at the north end of Siesta Key Fl. Sarasota private investigator Bill Warner's results of a year long investigation into the unsolved pistol whipping murder of Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel . "Gun Buried on Siesta Key in muck near Givens St Bridge", 1920's Era Colt Revolver Found Buried on Siesta Key Verified by Sarasota County Sheriff Cold Case Detective as Possible Link to Murder of Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel. Get real here, nobody tosses a perfectly fine, 1900's era Colt revolver with a broken grip into a Bayou on Siesta Key unless it was used in the bludgeoning murder of former Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel Friday January 7tth, 1921. The Colt revolver went into the muck and mud of salt water Bayou on Siesta Key in 1921 looking real shiny and pretty as seen in the top photo and came out of the ground 100 years later a rusty mess, but 6 live .32 ca...