Another argument, presented in the book Eight Men Out, is that because Jackson was illiterate, he had little awareness of the seriousness of the plot, and thus he consented to it only when Risberg threatened him and his family.
另一個在《八人出局》（Eight Men Out）一書中所提出的論點提到，因為Jackson是文盲，他根本不了解這件事的嚴重性，而且他是在Risberg威脅他和他的家人後才同意涉入。