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Murder on Siesta Key: Harry Higel's Killer Wore Size 13 Shoe, Tracks in Sand Led to Rube Allyn's House, Colt Revolver Found Buried 100 Years Later

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On Friday morn Jan 7th 1921 at about 8:30 am former Sarasota mayor Harry L. Higel was found brutally beaten around the head (during a pistol whipping) lying in a pool of blood at the corner of Mangrove Ave and Higel Ave on Siesta Key Fl, the big curve in the road. Witness Manuel Davis a worker for Harry Higel spoke with him from 8:00 am to 8:10 am on Mangrove Ave near the Shell pit about a load of wood to be delivered to Higel's house around the corner on Higel Ave. Witness M. L. Reed and others saw Rube Allyn between 8:00 am and 8:30 am making his way along the north end of the Key near where Harry Higel's body was found. Former 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, I have no doubt. In 1921 about 40 families lived on Siesta Key Fl, Mangrove Ave is now Siesta Dr. Colt .32 caliber Police Positive revolver I found buried on Siesta Key that most likely links to th...