The Sanchez File
The Probate Proceedings on the drowning of José Maria Sánchez at the Pájaro River, Christmas Eve, 1852 and the Conspiracy in Monterey County to plunder the estate of his widow Encarnación Ortega.
| Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five |
| Encarnacion's first husband drowns | Mystery of Sanchez drowning | Sanchez and Encarnacion Ortega | The New York Volunteers | The conspiracy begins in Monterey |
| Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten |
| Encarnacion's second husband killed. | The Blacksmith's admission of conspiracy | Roach steals $65,000 from cattle sale | David S. Terry hired as attorney | Roach jailed in Stockton |
| Chapter Eleven | Chapter Twelve | Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen | Chapter Fifteen |
| Encarnacion's third husband murdered | Encarnacion sells her estate to fourth husband for $5 | The crooked Monterey probate judge | Lewis Belcher murdered in Monterey | Roach murdered in Watsonville |
| Chapter Sixteen | Chapter Seventeen | Epilogue | Appendix A | Appendix B |
| Sanchez children marry | Children sell ranchos to Miller and Lux | Terry murdered. Sad fate of children | Inventory of the Sanchez Estate | Record of Roach sales of estate |