James Davidson reported on the infamous American serial killers the Harpe brothers.
 James Davidson was among the first to report the presence of notorious outlaws the Harpe brothers near the city of Stanford, their first reported appearance in Kentucky. 
Micajah "Big" Harpe, born Joshua Harper (before 1768 (probably, c. 1748)  August 1799) and Wiley "Little" Harpe, born William Harper (before 1770 (probably, c. 1750)  February 8, 1804), were serial killers, murderers, highwaymen, and river pirates, who operated in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and Mississippi, in the late eighteenth century. 
