Editing Fernandina Beach, Florida (section)

====Later 19th century====
In 1891, [[Harmon Murray]], who had been the leader of a criminal gang operating out of [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]], arrived in Fernandina, where his sister lived. Murray was soon committing burglaries and robberies in Fernandina and elsewhere on Amelia Island. Law officers chased a black suspect several times, who shot at them on one occasion. Murray taunted the police with a letter in early May, to the effect that he would not be taken alive, and would take the Nassau County sheriff and Fernandina police chief with him. Acting on a tip, on May 16 police surrounded the house Murray was staying in. Murray heard the officers getting into position, and shot and killed deputy sheriff Joseph W. Robinson. In the ensuing gun battle Murray wounded Fernandina Police Chief James Higgenbotham. Although grazed on the wrist and scalp, Murray was able to escape. Despite the intensive manhunt for him, Murray was able to slip off of Amelia Island to the mainland. The City of Fernandina offered a reward for the capture of Murray, "dead or alive".<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Killing of Harmon Murray|last=Braley|first=R. Olin|publisher=The Alachua Press|year=2004|location=Gainesville, Florida|pages=69–71}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Harmon Murray: Black Desperado in Late Nineteenth-Century Florida|last=Chandler|first=Billy Jaynes|journal=The Florida Historical Quarterly|volume=73|issue=2|date=October 1994|language=en|page=190|jstor = 30148759}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nassauso.com/memorialsfallen-deputies/|title=Memorials/Fallen Deputies - Deputy Joseph W. Robinson|website=Nassau County Sheriff's Office|access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102095010/http://nassauso.com/memorialsfallen-deputies/|url-status=dead}}</ref>