Lobbyist found shot to death in burned home spoke of fear By PEGGY O'HARE Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle On his last night, influential City Hall lobbyist Ross Allyn attended a political fund-raiser and had a late dinner with a friend, during which he confided fears that his phones were tapped. When they parted, the friend said, all seemed well. Within hours, Allyn was found dead inside his home in the 900 block of Worthshire after a suspicious fire swept through it, Houston homicide investigators said. An autopsy Friday revealed he was killed by a gunshot to the neck, the Harris...