Andrew Edward Faulkner (1913-1950) was an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1947 until his death in 1950.
After serving in the Navy, Faulkner ran a filling station until 1948, when he started a fuel oil business.
[1] On November 15, 1950, Faulkner used an alias to check into a low-rate rooming house in Scollay Square.
He was given a room on the third floor and a few minutes later was observed opening the window, crawling out onto the fire escape and walking to the end of it.
Police ruled out the theory of robbery (Faulkner was said to have collected $1,000 prior to his death, however police stated they were confident that the $279 found in his pockets was all the money he had in his position) and investigators instead believed that he had been feeling ill and had gone out on the fire escape to get some air before accidentally falling off.