Unsolved Murder of Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel and Rigged Manatee County Grand Jury Basis for a Movie it Was WWI on Siesta Key with Rube Allyn
The unsolved saga and murder of 3 time Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel is a sweeping drama of murder and mayhem based on actual historical facts and the discovery of the murder weapon. Plenty of friction between Harry Higel and Rube Allyn from 1913 to 1921, both ran for Mayor of Sarasota 3 times, Harry Higel won all three times. Harry Higel was of direct German heritage, Rube hated Germans. Mr. Higel murdered on Friday morn January 7th 1921 case remains unsolved 100 years later. Later in July 1921 City of Sarasota breaks away from Manatee County and becomes Sarasota County mostly due to ineffective investigation of Higel's murder and possible tainted Manatee County Grand Jury that freed the 'oh so guilty' Rube Allyn. Manatee County Grand Jury was a "Kangaroo Court" at least two members of the Grand Jury were personal friends, drinking buddies, and/or newspaper associates of Rube Allyn. On top of all this you have the supposed murder weapon, a Colt revolver w...