motive date death_place death_date locations cause targets fatalities birth_date injuries article_title weapons name occupation
termination of employment 1954 02 16 broad river correctional institution , columbia , south carolina 04 november 2005 aiken , south carolina execution former co-workers 4 16 february 1954 3 hastings arthur wise
 hand gun hastings arthur wise r.e. phelon employee
hastings arthur wise

hastings arthur wise -lrb- february 16 , 1954 -- november 4 , 2005 -rrb- , was a convicted u.s mass murderer who was executed in the u.s. state of south carolina for killing four former co-workers .
sometimes erroneously referred to by the press as `` arthur hastings wise , '' he was known simply as hastings wise to the people he worked with .
wise shot and killed charles griffeth , david moore , leonard filyaw , and sheryl wood on september 15 , 1997 at the r.e. phelon company lawn mower parts manufacturing factory in aiken , south carolina , his former employer .
