[ThomasL]

To accept the signature as real you have to accept multiple things inconsistent with the historical facts related to Jackson.

1. He signed a photograph for someone... all examples of signed photographs later in life were signed by his wife...this would be the only time he ever did it

2. He either signed I before he testified he was able too sign his name (lied in court), or signed it some time after he left Cleveland (how and why would that happen)

3. This one time he did sign it...after he wasnt in Cleveland and the only time he ever signed a photograph which was what his wife did for him...he decided to sign a great big signature inconsistent from any other signature of his that we know of.

That isnt getting into the conjecture on if the signature matches or not (which is debatable I will say as it is not an exact science)...you have to take at least 3 leaps of faith that contradict the historical record the best we understand it now about Joe Jackson. Also Cleveland is signed on it too and he didnt write that...which matches his name...so two different people wrote on it but looks the same...

Or is it more likely that it is a photographers facsimile, typical of the time....which explains why it is a large signature and why Cleveland is on it...tthe same person wrote all of it who was not Joe Jackson