photo Manatee County Historical Society . 100 Years Ago on Friday Jan 7th 1921 Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel Was Murdered on Siesta Key Fl, the Case Remains Unsolved. Local newspaperman Rube Allyn was the one and only correct suspect in Mr Higel's murder, Rube hated Harry. In the early 1900's photo seen above are Harry Higel and his wife Gertrude (Edmondson) Higel, his daughters Genevieve Higel born 1896, and Louise Higel born 1899, a son Gordon Higel was born in 1908. Harry Higel was born to Frank and Adelaide Higel in 1867 in Philadelphia PA. In 1884 Harry Higel moved to Venice, Florida with his parents where he and his brothers helped his father start a canning business. He moved to Sarasota in 1890 and became an entrepreneur/developer. He purchased the dock at the foot of Main Street that had been built by the (Scottish) Florida Mortgage and Investment Co. and had the first gasoline and kerosene tanks installed. Higel operated and docked his boat, the "Nemo here", an...