Jack Kearns

Per the Dec. 19, 1918 Tacoma News-Tribune , Biddy Bishop met Kearns, who was driving a horse team at the time, soon after Bishop had moved to Spokane from San Francisco after the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 . Bishop and Kearns joined forces to start a newspaper, but the paper folded after only two editions had been published. While Bishop then went his own way, Kearns moved on to manage Kid Scaler , and then to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he eventually hooked up with Fighting Dick Hyland . From there, Kearns went to San Francisco, where he took over the helm of Fighting Billy Murray . They both sailed to Australia, when Kearns had Joe Bonds sent over from the States to fight in Kearns's small stable, which apparently also included Les Darcy by 1916. [[4]]( When Kearns returned to San Francisco, Jack Curley turned over to Kearns the management of "an obscure boxer in Salt Lake City"--the future world champion and boxing icon Jack Dempsey . (The Sept. 5, 1917 Tacoma Tribune published an article with the headline: "Kearns Believes He Has Champion." In Kearns's letter to the paper, in the December 1 edition, he called Dempsey the "Submarine Destroyer.") See also, the August 17, 1917 Seattle Star [[5]]( . Kearns later managed Mickey Walker , Archie Moore , and Joey Maxim . On March 18, 1932, Kearns was granted a default divorce from Legana Kearns of New York City. Portland Oregonian According to the March 16, 1934, Wenatchee Daily World , p. 17, Kearns was being sued for paternity and child support by Miss Elizabeth Williams. (Mary Helen McKernan may have been the child's name.) Per newspaper wire reports, such as that found in the Tacoma News-Tribune , on March 23, 1945, Kearns was indicted in New York City for 26 counts of mail fraud. Bail was set at $3,500. His co-defendants were Harry (Packy) Lennon and Gloria Carruthers (also known as Princess Zulieka, an astrologist).