(From the Hancock Historical Museum)

On this day in 1933, the infamous John Dillinger and associates robbed Bluffton’s Citizens National Bank of $2,100.

The Dillinger Gang was famous for a successful string of bank robberies in the Midwestern United States from September 1933 to July 1934.

The gang killed 10 men and wounded 7 more while committing these crimes.

They had three escapes from jail that resulted in the death of a sheriff and the wounding of two guards.