 At the end of February 1799, the Kirn gendarmerie were able to capture Johannes Bückler in Schneppenbach by surrounding the house of Elise and Amie and surprising him in his sleep.He was brought before the magistrate in Kirn, where he confessed to some of his crimes.With his companion, Johann Müller, he was taken to the prison tower in Simmern, where Elise was able to visit him twice.