Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1918 — FRENCH CHAMPION IS KILLED [ARTICLE]

FRENCH CHAMPION IS KILLED

Petit Breton, Famous Cyclist, Meets Death In Automobile AccidentWon Many Prizes. Petit Breton, the famous cycling champion, who was serving, in the transport department, has been killed. He was driving an automobile near Troyes when it accidentally collided with a butcher’s cart. Breton was thrown out and killed on the spot. He gained many of the most important prizes for cycling in France, and among his performances abroad earned great fame In the six-day grind at Madison Square garden, New York.