The Village of Bluffton took a trip back in time on Saturday, to when a famous gangster visited their town in the middle of a crime spree. During Bluffton History Day, the 90th anniversary of John Dillinger and his gang holding up the Citizens National Bank was being remembered.
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Fred Steiner talked about his presentation called “4 Guys Walk into a Bluffton Bank and the Rest is Bluffton Oral History”. It was August 14th, 1933, the day that John Dillinger and his gang were in Bluffton. Steiner says there is one firsthand account of the incident that was written, and dozens of oral history accounts passed down the generations that are not quite accurate.